| Otologist's purview | 23 |
| Organ for eavesdropping | 23 |
| Organ for an otolaryngologist | 29 |
| One sense, figuratively | 23 |
| One place to find a hammer | 26 |
| Musician's sine qua non | 27 |
| Musician's attribute | 24 |
| Musical aptitude, of a sort | 27 |
| Musical aptitude, as it were | 28 |
| Makeshift pencil holder | 23 |
| Major elephant feature | 22 |
| Location of the tragus | 22 |
| Location of the cochlea | 23 |
| Locale of a tiny stirrup | 24 |
| Locale of a small stirrup | 25 |
| Lead-in to ring or drum | 23 |
| Kind of drum or trumpet | 23 |
| Keep an ___ to the ground | 25 |
| Keen perception, musically | 26 |
| It's sometimes lent | 23 |
| It's next to a temple | 25 |
| It's lent for support | 25 |
| It's lent by friends | 24 |
| It's inside a husk | 22 |
| It's beside a sideburn | 26 |
| It's bent by a bore | 23 |
| It sticks out at the side | 25 |
| It may ring or have a ring | 26 |
| It may be ringed or ringing | 27 |
| It may be floppy or pointy | 26 |
| It may be cupped or cuffed | 26 |
| It may be cocked or cupped | 26 |
| It helps make sound judgments | 29 |
| It contains a human drum | 24 |
| It can be pierced or plugged | 28 |
| Improviser's asset | 22 |
| Improv musician's need | 26 |
| Grin's stopping point | 25 |
| From whence to lug a jug | 24 |
| Floppy feature of a dachshund | 29 |
| Flea site, idiomatically | 24 |
| Eustachian tube locale | 22 |
| End point for an iPod cord | 26 |
| Elephant's-___ (plant) | 26 |
| Corn-on-the-cob serving | 23 |
| Corn-on-the-cob helping | 23 |
| Cauliflower __: boxing injury | 29 |
| Bony labyrinth setting | 22 |
| Body part to lend or bend | 25 |
| Bit of audio equipment? | 23 |
| Big grin stopping point? | 24 |
| Big grin stopping point | 23 |
| Barbecue side dish unit | 23 |
| Architectural crossette | 23 |
| Ability to appreciate music | 27 |
| A hoop may be attached to it | 28 |
| "Wing" for Dumbo | 26 |
| "Lent" body part | 26 |
| "In one ___ . . . " | 29 |
| ___ candy (some pop tunes) | 26 |
| Big pain for an elephant? | 25 |
| What rock music may incur | 25 |
| Swimmer's discomfort | 24 |
| Sinus infection symptom | 23 |
| Result of waxy build-up? | 24 |
| Reason for medicinal drops | 26 |
| Reaction to a jackhammer | 24 |
| Problem for an otologist | 24 |
| Otitis, more familiarly | 23 |
| Malady treated with drops | 25 |
| Head cold consequence, maybe | 28 |
| Common ailment for a swimmer | 28 |
| What sopranos give dogs | 23 |
| Results of too many decibels | 28 |
| Canal problems, perhaps | 23 |
| Hammer, anvil or stirrup | 24 |
| Hammer or anvil, anatomically | 29 |
| It vibrates at a rock concert | 29 |
| Internal sound transmitter | 26 |
| Flop-___ (like hounds) | 22 |
| With handles like a jug | 23 |
| Lop-___ (like some dogs) | 24 |
| Like mugs and trophies | 22 |
| Follower of lop or dog | 22 |
| Dog-___ (well-worn, as pages) | 29 |
| Word after long or dog | 22 |
| Like cups and pitchers | 22 |
| Like a grown cornstalk | 22 |
| Having organs of hearing | 24 |
| Having handles, as a ewer | 25 |
| Having aural appendages | 23 |
| Having a handle, as a mug | 25 |
| Ending with dog or long | 23 |
| Ending with dog or jug | 22 |
| Dog-__: folded at the corner | 28 |
| Dog-___ (messily folded) | 24 |
| Dog-___ (marked book pages) | 27 |
| Dog-___ (folded book pages) | 27 |
| Dog or Flop attachment | 22 |
| Auricularly appendaged | 22 |