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Romeo in skimpy beachwear in crowd (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

throng

'crowd' is the definition.
(I know this)

'romeo in skimpy beachwear' is the wordplay.
'romeo' becomes 'R' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'skimpy beachwear' becomes 'thong' (I've seen this in another clue).
'r' put into 'thong' is 'THRONG'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for throng that I've seen before include "Mob" , "Large numbers" , "Dense crowd" , "Densely packed crowd" , "A great crowd of people" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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