The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word MOB
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result MOB
- Crowd beginning to build after short time
- Crowd of a thousand meeting old boy
- Second bachelor in disorderly crowd
- Doctor constrains old disorderly crowd
- Crowd inside Guantanamo Bay
- He died after minutes in violent crowd
- British given to support way of working with large company
- Crowd raising a lot of money, shortly
- Essential piece of information he passed on to press
- Male passed unruly crowd
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The straight part
We know that "Crowd" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case crowd = mob.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MOB mean?
MOB noun- A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
- A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
- A flock of emus.
- The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the).
- A non-player character, especially one that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.
- The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
- (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
- To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
- To crowd into or around a place.
- A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.
- A mob cap.
- To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
- Mobile phone