Hermits confused in chain store (10)
I believe the answer is:
anchorites
'hermits' is the definition.
(an anchorite is a religious hermit)
'confused in chain store' is the wordplay.
'confused in' indicates anagramming the letters.
'chain'+'store'='chainstore'
'chainstore' anagrammed gives 'ANCHORITES'.
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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