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Surrounded by swarming bees, I leave it (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beset

'surrounded' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'swarming bees i leave it' is the wordplay.
'swarming' is an anagram indicator.
'leave' is a deletion indicator.
'it' with 'i' taken out is 't'.
'bees' is an anagram of 'bese'.
'bese'+'t'='BESET'

'by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for beset that I've seen before include "Assail (with problems?)" , "Hem in, afflict" , "Trouble or harass persistently" , "plague" , "Attack - surround" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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