The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EREMITE
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More clues leading to the result EREMITE
- Religious loner before penning sentence being rebuffed
- Recluse just recalled sex with ecstasy
- Solitary Europeans possessing authority
- One living alone before having child
- Hesitation before Jew needing no introduction becomes a recluse
- On about English child, a small one who’s on his tod?
- Recluse has some productive time reflecting when standing on head
- Part of the time residents upset recluse
- Religious type before getting a bit of money
- Send into ecstasy Eastern recluse
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The straight part
We know that "recluse" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case recluse = eremite.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does EREMITE mean?
EREMITE noun- A hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.