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Reason for crowds clapping, welcoming Queen music you listened to on line (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overpopulation

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'line' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both groups as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'reason for crowds clapping welcoming queen music you listened to on' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'queen' could be 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina) and 'er' is present in the answer.
'music' could be 'pop' (pop music) and 'pop' is found in the answer.
'you' could be 'u' (commonly used in online communication) and 'u' is found in the answer.
'on' could be 'at' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'at' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for overpopulation that I've seen before include "Malthusian problem" , "Excess of people in a place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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