| JUJITSU | African fetish contains its defence system |
| MASS | Property of an object measured by the amount of matter it contains, its resistance to changes in velocity and its influence in a gravitational field (4) |
| LARNACA | City in the east of Cyprus that contains its main international airport (7) |
| JUJU | A West African fetish |
| MOAT | Water around a castle for its defence (4) |
| PORCUPINE | It has many points to raise in its defence (9) |
| CORFE | Village on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, housing a fortification famous for its defence by Lady Banke |
| CASTLE | Village on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, housing a fortification famous for its defence by Lady Bankes against a parliamentary army during the English Civil War (5,6) |
| AIKIDO | As in Karate, it's defence oriented, primarily (6) |
| JERICHO | Old city that had its defences blown apart (7) |
| SICILIAN | Defence system in the opening stages of a chess game |
| HIV | Body's defence system concern, briefly |
| STARWARS | Inexperienced traitors shot up by southern defence system (4,4) |
| SHOWERCURTAIN | Two hurricanes demolished flood defence system |
| JUDAH | Tribe's self-defence system finally failed? What a shame |
| ANTONINEWALL | Want all-in-one, refurbished old defence system |
| KUNGFU | Britain upset farming body about good defence system (4,2) |
| MINUTEMAN | The little guy's defence system (9) |
| KARATE | Kick-start a measure in self-defence system (6) |
| TAICHI | Co-ordinated defence system to follow incomplete letter (3,3) |
