Curator’s retreat in time of conflict? (6)
I believe the answer is:
warden
'curator's' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'retreat in time of conflict?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'retreat' could be 'den' (both can mean a lair or hideout) and 'den' is present in the answer.
'conflict?' could be 'war' (war is a kind of conflict) and 'war' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for warden that I've seen before include "Official with supervisory duties, as in relation to a church" , "Prison or traffic official" , "Head of certain schools, colleges, etc" , "Guard, keeper" , "Title of officer with supervisory duties, perhaps in prison" .)