Fold of skin protecting an optic organ (6)

I believe the answer is:

eyelid

(Other definitions for eyelid that I've seen before include "Ocular shutter" , "Natural optic occluder" , "Natural optic covering" , "It's used in blinking" , "Facial feature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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