The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TERRORISE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TERRORISE
- King with gold I sheltered in brief scare
- Mistake concealed by building site bully
- Drunken roisterer to frighten people badly
- What may come from that error is expected to create panic
- Bully‘s mistake — wearing crooked ties
- Fault is in the oddly-designed alarm
- Intimidate one after blunder in constructing set
- Blunder, cutting wrong ties in alarm
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The straight part
We know that "to create panic" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case to create panic = terrorise.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TERRORISE mean?
TERRORISE verb- To inflict someone with terror; to terrify.
- To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.