Smack in the middle of a crowd, in brief? Crossword Clue

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Smack in the middle of a crowd, in brief? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CROWD (noun)
1. an informal body of friends
2. a large number of things or people considered together
CROWD (verb)
1. to gather together in large numbers
2. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
MIDDLE (adjective)
1. equally distant from the extremes
2. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
MIDDLE (noun)
1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region
2. the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
MIDDLE (verb)
1. put in the middle

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36. Like bismuth and bitcoin

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42. Abbreviated first name found three times on the signed Declaration of Independence

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