| HERMITAGE | Place of seclusion or retreat (9) |
| LAIR | Place of seclusion or hiding (4) |
| RETREAT | A place of seclusion for the purposes of prayer and meditation (7) |
| LAIRD | Scottish landowner in place of seclusion with daughter |
| DOAMELBA | Repeatedly return from work at morning place of seclusion? |
| ASHRAM | Like hotel stuff in place of seclusion (6) |
| ISLE | Misleading content referring to place of seclusion (4) |
| CLOISTER | Religious place of seclusion (LOST RICE anagram) (8) |
| BEATARETREAT | Withdraw, exhausted, to a place of seclusion (4,1,7) |
| ENLAIR | Taking day off, two places of seclusion being discussed |
| MEW | An imitative word for the high-pitched cry of a cat/kitten or gull; the gull itself; a cage for hawks while moulting; or, a coop, hide, place of confinement or retreat generally (3) |
| RETIRERS | They can be found in places of seclusion having finished work (8) |
| DEN | The habitat or retreat of a lion or similar wild animal (3) |
| ARBOUR | From the Old French for "grass, herb", a garden bower or retreat of trees or vines trained over a trellis (6) |
| SANCTUM | An inviolably private place or retreat. (7) |
| HIDEOUT | Belief system half forgotten in small building or retreat |
| NOON | Time to go ahead or retreat - makes no difference |
| RECEDE | Soldiers to yield or retreat (6) |
| STANDSATBAY | Doesn't advance or retreat |
| GIVEGROUND | Draw back or retreat (4,6) |
