Cryptic crossword clue
Eager crowd in distress 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word UPSET

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The straight part

We know that "in distress" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case in distress = upset.

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What does UPSET mean?

1. Disturbance or disruption.
2. An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
3. (automobile insurance) An overturn.
4. An upset stomach.
5. An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.
6. The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the designed bounds of operation, possibly resulting in loss of control.

1. To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
2. To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
3. To tip or overturn (something).
4. To defeat unexpectedly.
5. To be upset or knocked over.
6. To set up; to put upright.
7. To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.
8. To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.

1. (of a person) Angry, distressed or unhappy.
2. (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract, referred to as stomach) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.

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