10 December - Solution for the last clue and the next cryptic crossword clue

Ancient city, she bet, is in ruins (6)
Solution – Thebes

The solution is an anagram of "she bet" ie those letters are in ruins or scrambled up.

Thebes is an ancient city – actually there were 2 called Thebes , one in Egypt and one in Greece

Today’s cryptic crossword clue – solution tomorrow

Beast making social worker run away (8)
Source of clue – NZ Herald

Hint – the first letter is a