Retiring from magazine, largely to go on papers? (5)
I believe the answer is:
timid
'retiring' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'magazine largely to go on papers?' is the wordplay.
'magazine' becomes 'time' (US magazine).
'largely' means to remove the last letter (most but not all of the letters).
'to go on papers?' becomes 'id' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'time' with its final letter taken off is 'tim'.
'tim'+'id'='TIMID'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for timid that I've seen before include "Pusillanimous" , "Shrinking" , "Fearful - shy" , "Lacking in confidence" , "Easily frightened" .)