Cryptic crossword clue
Commotion perceived by ear 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCENE

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The straight part
We know that "Commotion" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case commotion = scene.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SCENE mean?

SCENE noun
  1. The location of an event that attracts attention.
  2. The stage.
  3. The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set
  4. A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act.
  5. The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up
  6. A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place.
  7. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
  8. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display
  9. An element of fiction writing.
  10. A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture.
SCENE verb
  1. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

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