The clue "protects" last appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on January 29, 2017. The correct answer for this puzzle is "shelters", a 8-letter word.
Solution SHELTERS is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution SHELTERS is 8 letters long. We have 0 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 5 solutions. The longest is SHELTERS with 8 letters, and the shortest is MASKS with 5 letters.
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Solutions are between 5 and 8 letters long.