The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word AUDITORY
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More clues leading to the result AUDITORY
- Car blue, in one sense?
- European car maker, right-winger, as one hears
- Inspector at very end of hearing
- Hearing car, attempt to cross over
- Accountant — the ultimate in economy of hearing
- Applaud it or yawn inwardly — it’s to do with what you hear
- Hearing related to blocking diary radical union leader’s penned
- About perception of sound from car by English party member
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The straight part
We know that "as one hears" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case as one hears = auditory.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does AUDITORY mean?
AUDITORY adjective- Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing
- An assembly of hearers; an audience.
- An auditorium.