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Not as bad as last week's but is this another slightly dodgy clue? (I won't give the crossers for fear of spoiling.)

Terrible suntan spoilt inner defence (10)

a) surface doesn't make sense
b) definition is very loose
c) "defence" is wrong, surely?

I thought this was a bit wobbly too. I linked defence with pleading (which I don't think is technically correct) but after last week, I'm not sure technical correctness applies!