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Mob round the East made triumphant noise (6)

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I believe the answer is:

crowed

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'mob round the east made triumphant noise' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'mob round the east made triumphant noise' is the wordplay.
'mob' becomes 'crowd' (I've seen this before).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'the east made triumphant noise' becomes 'e' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'crowd' placed around 'e' is 'CROWED'.

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(Other definitions for crowed that I've seen before include "Boasted" , "was triumphant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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