The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word HERMITAGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result HERMITAGE
- Museum investing millions in cultural inheritance
- What’s left outside front of mean retreat
- What woman's not keen to admit, maybe, crossing front of medieval Italian museum
- Secluded dwelling Mike included in legacy
- Beginning to regret entering the game, I pathetically retreat
- A woman’s journal exhibited at first outside Italian museum?
- Where recluse lives — male in tradition passed down
- Retreat that is concealing means of identification to the east of small island
- Retreat from Moscow's beginning with what's left outside
- Tradition to include prom finale in retreat
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The straight part
We know that "retreat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case retreat = hermitage.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HERMITAGE mean?
HERMITAGE noun- A house or dwelling where a hermit lives.
- A place of seclusion.
- A period of seclusion.