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Recluse has some productive time reflecting when standing on head (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eremite

'recluse' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'some productive time reflecting when standing on head' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word (some of the parts of the word are used).
'when standing on head' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters go up).
'etimere' is hidden in the letters of 'productive time reflecting'.
'etimere' reversed gives 'EREMITE'.

'has' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for eremite that I've seen before include "Religious person" , "Christian hermit or recluse" , "Christian living in severe circumstances" , "Solitary" , "ascetic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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