Retiring soldier with colt charged around the country (9)
I believe the answer is:
reclusive
'retiring' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'soldier with colt charged around the country' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'soldier' could be 're' and 're' is found in the answer.
'around' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is located in the answer.
'country' could be 'us' (US is an example) and 'us' is found in the answer.
'charged' could be 'live' (I've seen this before) and 'live' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reclusive that I've seen before include "Hermit-like" , "Solitary" , "retiring" .)