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Eve's initial place of retreat? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eden

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'retreat?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'eve's initial place' is the wordplay.
'initial' suggests taking the first letters.
'place' becomes 'den' (den is a kind of place).
The initial letter of 'eves' is 'e'.
'e'+'den'='EDEN'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for eden that I've seen before include "Foreign Secretary" , "In need of a great garden" , "Adam and Eve's garden" , "Early garden - Cornish project" , "Place of complete bliss" .)

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