| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SHIELD | Protect defend | |
| SAFEGUARD | Defend or protect | |
| WARD | To defend; to protect. | |
| DEFENSATIVE | That which serves to protect or defend. | |
| BODYGUARD | A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard. | |
| DEFENSIVE | Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor. | |
| COVER | To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat. | |
| CHAMPION | To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect. | |
| PRESERVE | To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect. | |
| EMBANK | To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone. | |
| GUARD | To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or att... | |
| TRIBUNE | An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties ... | |
| DEFEND | To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend ... | |