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Trouble? It’s brought in a crowd (7)

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I believe the answer is:

agitate

'trouble?' is the definition.
(agitating is a kind of troubling)

'it's brought in a crowd' is the wordplay.
'it's' becomes 'it' (I've seen this in other clues).
'brought in' is an insertion indicator.
'crowd' becomes 'gate' (gate can refer to the crowd for a sporting event).
'a'+'gate'='agate'
'it' inserted inside 'agate' is 'AGITATE'.

(Other definitions for agitate that I've seen before include "Make nervous; stir" , "Get upset" , "Stir violently" , "Make troubled or nervous" , "Upset, disturb the surface of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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