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Staggered towards the sunset in a crowd (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

awestruck

'staggered' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'towards the sunset in a crowd' is the wordplay.
'towards the sunset' becomes 'west' (the sun sets in the west).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'crowd' becomes 'ruck' (ruck can mean a crowd of people).
'a'+'ruck'='aruck'
'west' placed into 'aruck' is 'AWESTRUCK'.

(Other definitions for awestruck that I've seen before include "Suck water (anag) - completely astonished" , "open-mouthed" , "Showing a feeling of wonder and dread" , "overcome by wonder" , "Terrified" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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