The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CLOISTERED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CLOISTERED
- Reclusive elector's ID defective
- Sheltered from reality, minor celeb admits nothing in confrontation with journalist
- Perhaps it’s cold outside before getting in shelter
- Sheltered from reality minor celebrity welcomes round journalist
- Secluded Conservative girl meets the heartless revolutionary
- Being cut off from the world lose direct involvement
- Sheltered from cold and hung around, catching bus finally
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The straight part
We know that "cut off from the world" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cut off from the world = cloistered.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CLOISTERED mean?
CLOISTERED verb- To become a Roman Catholic religious.
- To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
- To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
- To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
- To protect or isolate.
- Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
- Isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence
- Naive, lacking in worldliness
- Furnished with cloisters.