Volunteer force that is protecting flags from an island nation (9)

Times Cryptic #28718 | 6 Down | 2023-09-26
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

TA (volunteer force), IE (that is) containing [protecting] WANES (flags). ‘Territorial Army’ is now called the ‘Army Reserve’, but historically the abbreviation is fine.

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