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Other crossword clues for answer "GUARDS"

GUARDS
Palace figures
Gate posts?
Post workers
Pokey figures
They're on either side of the center
Gatekeepers
Watches
This puzzle's perimeter entries are all types of them
Security staffers
Security workers
Bank's security workers
Basketball players.
Sentries.
London's Beefeaters.
Linemen.
Protects
Coldstream men
Sentinels
Cerberus et al.
Argus and Cerberus
Beefeaters
Some football linemen
Two of five in basketball
Keeps safe
Property protectors
Buckingham Palace employees
Post men
Injury preventers
Jazz duo?
Gallery workers
Museum workers
Palace workers
Steph Curry and Sue Bird, e.g.