Listened, but wrongly interpreted (8)

I believe the answer is:

misheard

(Other definitions for misheard that I've seen before include "Picked up bad" , "(Of speech) not understood correctly" , "wrongly caught" , "Caught (words) incorrectly" , "Chinese whispers are usually" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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