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Pay attention to, commonly — with this? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ear

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'pay attention' is the definition.
'ear' can be an answer for 'attention' (having someone's ear is having their attention). I am unsure of the 'pay' bit.

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

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(Other definitions for ear that I've seen before include "Aural organ" , "Van Gogh missing body part" , "organ with drum" , "Lend one and listen" , "one hears" .)

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