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Crowd is controlled (5)

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I believe the answer is:

drove

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This might be a double definition.

'crowd' is the first definition.
(I know that drove is a type of crowd)

'controlled' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for drove that I've seen before include "Carried along by force" , "took to the road" , "Moving company" , "Urged, flock on the move" , "Took car; herd animals" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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