Mephisto 2535

[crockshard]

Nearly there, but come to a standstill in top left corner. 3a would help, please: Levant dimly lit; Lebanon's first to be abandoned, beeing covered with climbers (10). Only letters I feel confident with are ????AC?LE?. Beshackled?

[BlueIce]

Ivymantled - anag of levant dimly, less L

[crockshard]

Don't you just feel so stupid sometimes! I clearly need to rework 7d, which was throwing me off the track! Many thanks - and sorry about the typos in my question!