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Small crowd get lost (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scram

'get lost' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'small crowd' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'crowd' becomes 'cram'.
's'+'cram'='SCRAM'

(Other definitions for scram that I've seen before include "Leave quickly" , "Scarper" , "Shoo!" , "make emergency shut-down" , "Slangy order to go away, beat it" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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