Somehow befitting hero to protect me temporarily (3,3,4,5)

I believe the answer is:

for the time being

'temporarily' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'somehow befitting hero to protect me' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'to protect' indicates putting letters inside.
'befitting'+'hero'='befittinghero'
'befittinghero' anagrammed gives 'forthetibeing'.
'forthetibeing' enclosing 'me' is 'FOR THE TIME BEING'.

(Another definition for for the time being that I've seen is " at the moment".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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