Person protecting that place is troubled (8)
I believe the answer is:
bothered
'is troubled' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'person protecting that place' is the wordplay.
'person' becomes 'bod' (bod can informally mean a person or body).
'protecting' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are held or protected).
'that place' becomes 'there' (as opposed to 'here' meaning this place).
'bod' enclosing 'there' is 'BOTHERED'.
(Other definitions for bothered that I've seen before include "Old song: 'Bewitched, . . . . . . . . and bewildered'" , "Took the trouble to do something" , "` `Bewithched, ... and bewildered' '" , "Hot and exasperated" , "Made an effort -- put out" .)