Large group boasted, English put off (5)

I believe the answer is:

crowd

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'large group' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for crowd that I've seen before include "See 1" , "Large group of people" , "Multitude" , "Rabble" , "Horde" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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