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Some witches and crawler in agreement (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

covenant

'agreement' is the definition.
(I know that covenant is a type of agreement)

'some witches and crawler' is the wordplay.
'some witches' becomes 'coven' (a coven is a group of witches).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'crawler' becomes 'ant' (an ant crawls).
'coven'+'ant'='COVENANT'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for covenant that I've seen before include "Concordat, compact" , "Pact" , "Formal agreement of contract" , "Binding contract" , "Contract made in a convent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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