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Protect (6)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">protect</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(defending is a kind of protecting)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for defend that I've seen before include "Guard against attack" , "Act as a guard" , "Stand up for" , "Safeguard" , "Resist an attack" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, The Independent, The Mirror, the Penny Press, The Times, The Irish Independent, The Sun, The Guardian, the Evening Standard, the Universal and The Sunday Times.
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