The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 7 letter word EAR TRUMPET
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More clues leading to the result EAR TRUMPET
- English skill behind film's sound engineering device
- Meat and toasted cake, no starters, help in reception
- Sadly premature, accepting troop leader’s old hearing aid
- With which to pick up sound of jumbo in Bow?
- Behind short film supporting revised rate for hearing aid
- Electronic facility storing President Eisenhower’s first hearing aid
- Sound device in better film, after something corny?
- 8 Regularly repairs musical instrument’s sound amplifier
- Hearing piece produced by organ and wind instrument
- Appalling mutterer? Pa must get a hearing aid!
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The straight part
We know that "help in reception" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case help in reception = ear trumpet.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does EAR TRUMPET mean?
EAR TRUMPET noun- A conical device designed to channel sound to the apex, placed in the ear to serve as a hearing aid.