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Characters warped in occult eye cell that protects (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leucocyte

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'cell that protects' is the definition.
'leucocyte' can be an answer for 'cell' (leucocyte is a kind of cell). I am not sure about the remainder of the definition.

'characters warped in occult eye' is the wordplay.
'occult eye' can be anagrammed to 'LEUCOCYTE'.
Though, I am unsure how this is indicated.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for leucocyte that I've seen is " cell".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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