What retired teller did in Paris area? (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
left bank
'area?' is the definition.
(Left Bank is an example)
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for left bank that I've seen before include "Pushed the boat out" , "Parisian artistic quarter" , "Artistic region of Paris" , "intellectual environment?" , "artists' quarter" .)