Shaded and retiring when skin-blemish is included (7)
I believe the answer is:
swarthy
'shaded' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'retiring when skin-blemish is included' is the wordplay.
'retiring when' becomes 'shy' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'when' bit.).
'skin blemish' becomes 'wart' (I've seen this before).
'is included' indicates putting letters inside.
'shy' enclosing 'wart' is 'SWARTHY'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for swarthy that I've seen before include "Dark complexioned" , "Dark-skinned" , "Having a dark complexion" , "Dark skin" , "Dark-complexioned" .)