Related Clues:

• Aloof in manner but engaged
• Retiring, having done another stint in the forces
• Diffident, but half of rent was enough
• Sort of wine with depth can be cool
• Kept cool
• Substitute Dopey, initially, for Bashful?
• Kept back, being shy
• Not forthcoming like table in popular restaurant?
• Reticent; booked
• Booked, though quiet
• Kept from retiring
• Cold as a dish brought to table a second time
• Private was in the army again?
• Tried again after faulty start, being shy
• Not showing one's emotions