Crowds (6)
I believe the answer is:
hordes
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">crowds</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(horde is a kind of crowd)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for hordes that I've seen before include ".Shored up with crowds" , "Mobs of people in Rhodes" , "large numbers" , "Many" , "Large moving crowds" .)