Cryptic crossword clue
Father with fiddle, but nothing moves in part of ear 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PAVILION

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The straight part
We know that "part of ear" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case part of ear = pavilion.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PAVILION mean?

PAVILION noun
  1. An ornate tent.
  2. A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
  3. A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
  4. The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
  5. A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
  6. The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
  7. The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
  8. The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
  9. A flag, ensign, or banner.
  10. A tent used as a bearing.
  11. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
PAVILION verb
  1. To furnish with a pavilion.
  2. To put inside a pavilion.
  3. To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour").

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