Play it by ___
The crossword clue "Play it by ___" is answered by EAR, a 3-letter entry. Used 27 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
EAR
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EAR answer page.
Used 27 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by EAR, most used first.
- Corn unit - used 258 times, most recently in 2026
- Corn serving - used 205 times, most recently in 2026
- Listener - used 152 times, most recently in 2026
- Attention - used 145 times, most recently in 2026
- Corn spike - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
- Hearing organ - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Musical ability - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Listening device - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- "In one ___ and out the other" - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Musical aptitude - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Musical gift - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
- Musical talent - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Musician's asset - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Serving of corn - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Canal site - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Hearing thing - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Lobed organ - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Unit of corn - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Jug handle - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Spot for an AirPod - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Canal zone? - used 34 times, most recently in 2018
- Musician's gift - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Corn portion - used 33 times, most recently in 2022
- Cochlea's place - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Auditory organ - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Cup handle - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
- Musical sense - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Capek play - RUR, used 134 times
- Play on words - PUN, used 124 times
- Play about Capote - TRU, used 111 times
- Play division - ACT, used 107 times
- Play a role - ACT, used 73 times
- Play a part - ACT, used 68 times
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