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Say one's getting protection (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

egis

'protection' is the definition.
(egis is a kind of protection)

'say one's getting' is the wordplay.
'say' becomes 'eg'.
'one's' becomes 'is' (roman numeral).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'eg'+'is'='EGIS'

(Another definition for egis that I've seen is " US protection".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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