Draw an area of land in hearing (7)
I believe the answer is:
attract
'draw' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'an area of land in hearing' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'an' could be 'a' and 'a' is located in the answer.
'area' could be 'tract' (tract is a kind of area) and 'tract' is found within the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for attract that I've seen before include "Exert a pull upon" , "Draw towards or get attention of" , "to be appealing" , "To be liable to" , "Draw to oneself" .)