| OSBORNE | Hollyoaks lady desperately trying to protect her nephew Charlie Dean (5,7) |
| NANCY | Hollyoaks lady desperately trying to protect her nephew Charlie Dean (5,7) |
| NICOLA | ___ King, Dales woman trying to protect her stepson from his mother Juliette Holliday (6) |
| NAMEDROPPING | P. Morgan pined, desperately trying to appear well-connected (4-8) |
| IMMUNESYSTEM | Tiny mum seems unwell - this should protect her (6,6) |
| DOROTHY | With the help of her friends Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion, this girl does her best to protect her hometown. |
| ARABIST | Is Raab desperately trying to start being a foreign expert? |
| TERRIER | Volunteer soldier, one who endeavours to protect Her Majesty (7) |
| SCREEN | Rene's got 100 Romans to protect her (6) |
| CHAPERON | Escort fellow working to protect Her Majesty (8) |
| DINGLE | Moira _, tried to protect her stepson Kyle Winchester in Emmerdale (6) |
| GLOVES | Girl adores things to protect her hands (6) |
| GISELLE | Ballet, first performed 1841, about a peasant girl's attempts to protect her lover (7) |
| BEHAN | Charlie __, the second actor to have played Charlie Dean in Hollyoaks (5) |
| STEROPE | Daughter of Cepheus, King of Tegea, who received a lock of Medusa's hair from Heracles to protect her town from attack |
| ENID | I aim to protect her (4) |
| OWEN | Nicole _, has returned to Hollyoaks for her nephew Max (4) |
| NEEDIEST | Shawnee dies trying to protect those most desperate (8) |
| HEARTBREAKING | Trying to protect time on holiday is emotionally draining (13) |
| CUSHIONING | Trying to protect kinky chignon I got cut by American (10) |
