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Hidden stores, we hear, for crowds (6)

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hordes

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'for crowds' is the definition.
(horde is a kind of crowd)

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(Other definitions for hordes that I've seen before include "large numbers" , "Huge noisy crowds" , "Horsed around with the multitudes" , "Mobs of people in Rhodes" , "Large moving crowds" .)

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