Spot old feline protected by another (8)
I believe the answer is:
location
'spot' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'old feline protected by another' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation).
'feline' becomes 'cat' (cat is a kind of feline).
'protected by' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are held or protected).
'another' becomes 'lion' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'o'+'cat'='ocat'
'ocat' put inside 'lion' is 'LOCATION'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for location that I've seen before include "Setting" , "Position, point in space" , "Site of film production away from studio" , "Spot - where films may be shot" , "Particular place" .)