Possible Clues:

• Recluse wound up watch in middle of week
• Recluse formerly without issue
• A recluse turning in before the time required
• A man withdrawn before receiving discharge
• St. Anthony, notably
• Having some spare time, read up in desert father
• Reclusive type
• Cave dweller, e.g.
• Recluse appears before young child
• Is there e'er a solitary scrap to send away inside?