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First person given audition gets attention (3)

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eye

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'attention' is the definition.
(eye is a kind of attention)

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(Other definitions for eye that I've seen before include "Ogle" , "Good discernment" , "Needle or lace hole" , "Sense organ" , "Location of 11dn" .)

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