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Intimidating people to meet, often (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idols

(Other definitions for idols that I've seen before include "Graven images sometimes worshipped" , "Solid kind of images" , "Solid (anag.)" , "Heroes" , "objects such as the Golden Calf" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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