Word: DEAF

The word DEAF has appeared in at least 87 clues on different crosswords.

Clue(s)
Turn a ___ ear to (ignore)
Unable to hear
Like Beethoven
Refusing to listen
Hearing impaired
Unable to hear
Not hearing you
Like The Who's Tommy
Hearing-impaired
Like Tommy, in the rock opera
Unwilling to listen
Like Beethoven
Unable to hear
e.g. 25. Fall on ____ ears
Unable to 53-Across
Unable to hear
Hearing-impaired
Hearing-impaired
Like Helen Keller and Marlee Matlin
Tone-___
Like Beethoven
Not hearing
Unable to detect sound
Hard of hearing
Hearing-impaired
Like some lip-readers
Unhearing
Like the daughter in 2018's "A Quiet Place"
Unhearing
Hearing-impaired
Not hearing
Unable to hear
Unable to hear
Not hearing
Like many signers
Like many who are fluent in sign language
Unable to hear
Like many signers
Unable to hear
Unable to hear
Tone-___
Unable to hear
Hearing-impaired
What 49-Down became in later life
Unable to hear
Hearing impaired
Unable to hear
Like Beethoven
Hearing-impaired
Ignoring, with "to"
e.g. 25. Fall on ____ ears
Unable to 53-Across
Hearing-impaired
Unable to hear
Like Beethoven in his later years
Fluent in sign language, perhaps
Unable to detect sound
Hard of hearing
Like some people who read closed captions
Unhearing
Like many sign language users
Like Beethoven, in his later years
More than just hearing-impaired
Like "A Quiet Place" actress Millicent Simmonds (and her character)
Unable to hear
Not hearing you
Like many ASL speakers
Like most of the main characters in the movie "CODA"
Unable to hear
Like Beethoven
Unable to hear
___ Studies (Gallaudet University department)
Like many Gallaudet students
Like many signers
Like Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts
Like many students at Gallaudet University
Like Beethoven
Not hearing
Not able to hear
Unable to hear
___ West Theatre (organization whose performances use both ASL and spoken English)
Unable to hear
Like most Gallaudet University students
Hearing-impaired
Like actress Alaqua Cox or her MCU character Echo
Like many sign language users
Hearing-impaired