Eve's initial place of retreat? (4)
I believe the answer is:
eden
'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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(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" .)