Related Clues:

• Temporary fortification
• Military post in the old West
• So to be on the defensive may make one a bit sheepish
• For the defence, that's enough to make one a bit sheepish
• The bit of the sheep that's defensive
• Your friend the fence is a backward editor
• The sort of a bit of mutton that might help one if one got an attack
• Perhaps a bit sheepish to be on the defensive
• Overnight for weeks
• That's about being uncertain for the defence
• Is that for making the hair strong?
• The bit of mutton that has to be tough
• One needs to be offensive to take that bit of mutton
• About the defence there seems to some uncertainty
• That will make it strong for the hair