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Crowd turns to poet to attack continuously (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bombard

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'attack continuously' is the definition.
'bombard' can be an answer for 'attack' (bombarding is a kind of attacking). I'm not sure about the 'continuously' bit.

'crowd turns to poet' is the wordplay.
'crowd' becomes 'mob' (mob can mean a crowd of people).
'turns' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'to poet' becomes 'bard' (bard is a kind of poet).
'mob' in reverse letter order is 'bom'.
'bom'+'bard'='BOMBARD'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bombard that I've seen before include "Pelt with missiles" , "Attack with missiles" , "Batter heavily and persistently" , "Attack persistently" , "Organ stop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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