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Protection; maintenance (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

preservation

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">protection</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that preservation is a type of protection)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">maintenance</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Another definition for preservation that I've seen is " Keeping".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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