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Did rock celebrity ultimately meet all the crowd? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

startled

'did rock' is the definition.
(ie rocked)

'celebrity ultimately meet all the crowd?' is the wordplay.
'celebrity' becomes 'star' (I've seen this before**).
'ultimately' says to take the final letters.
The final letters of 'meet all the crowd' are 'tled'.
'star'+'tled'='STARTLED'

(Other definitions for startled that I've seen before include "Taken aback" , "Taken by surprise" , "Frightened or surprised suddenly" , "Surprised with fright" , "Scared" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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