10a - Capial deficit verturned by Mediterranean port (8) ?????s?l
13d - Murderous Ken in charge, dialagin (9) ?o?i?i?a?
17d - Seaweed party, not a place to holiday (7) ?l?a?k?
Strugging this week and not convinced I have the right letters above either.
Thanks for some help together with an explanation of how and why.
Thanks scorpiojo & mazie. To answer your question scorpiojo I thought that the answer to 24a was Likelihood but I have now corrected to "livelihood". the answer is therefore ?l?a?v? - thanks