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Some land in Lesotho for domestic protectors (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lares

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'domestic protectors' is the definition.
The definition suggests a plural noun which matches the answer.

'some land in lesotho' is the wordplay.
'some land' becomes 'are' (historical unit of measurement - l00 square metres).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'lesotho' becomes 'ls' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'are' placed into 'ls' is 'LARES'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for lares that I've seen before include "Veteran retreats" , "Roman household gods" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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