The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ARMOUR
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More clues leading to the result ARMOUR
- Affair involves head of Royal Mail perhaps
- One gets coverage in Mail
- Republican in affair getting protection
- It’s designed to protect queen in love
- Romance involving right knightly attire
- Lover holds hand for protection
- It’s right, in love, to get protection
- Protection of a Royal Marine belonging to us
- Means of protecting Romeo during affair
- Member needs your and my protection
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What does ARMOUR mean?
ARMOUR noun- A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
- A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
- Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
- A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
- A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively.
- The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
- To equip something with armour or a protective coating or hardening.
- To provide something with an analogous form of protection.