| FORMAT | Plan degree in defence (6) |
| WEAPON | One paw may be raised in defence (6) |
| MOSSAD | Fool around in Defence or Intelligence (6) |
| TRENCH | Singular cut in defence (6) |
| EXCUSE | Explanation offered in defence of a fault (6) |
| CASBAH | A bishop's pulled back, reinforcing change in defence (6) |
| INKIND | Tit for tat through chink in defence (2,4) |
| CREASE | Where batsman stands about in defence |
| INKSAC | Organ used in defence by octopus (3-3) |
| ELEVEN | Side moving back to front in defence of Mississippi before noon |
| FORCIBLE | Vehement in defence of witch in hearing |
| INTERCESSION | Son is in Crete, possibly helping in defence (12) |
| MAGINOTLINE | Wise men let in no error in defence (7,4) |
| IWASJUST | Sit down, shut up and listen! Wiglaf ruled fairly in defence of Nuremberg (1,3,4,9,6) |
| APOLOGIST | He'll argue in defence of those pilots out in Goa (9) |
| FOLLOWINGORDERS | Sit down, shut up and listen! Wiglaf ruled fairly in defence of Nuremberg (1,3,4,9,6) |
| ALIBI | A Liberal, one called in defence (5) |
| REDOUBT | Touching uncertainty in defence (7) |
| BULWARK | Fighting en masse in defence (7) |
| STRONGHOLD | What wrestler needs in defence (10) |
