Possible Clues:

• The sort of retirement that makes one go back
• Tree art (anag.)
• Withdrawal for prayer or meditation
• Queen embraced by King Edward, say, lying back in hideaway
• Withdraw from deal supporting soldiers
• Pull out of the shelter
• The rat going around the chopped-up tree to go back
• Go back all alone and stand another round, perhaps
• There's backing for the entertainment
• Retirement is to be in Martinique, surrounded by desert