### Clue: Pirate with a pair of 1 earrings, we hear (9)
### Answer: BUCCANEER 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Pirate
  **Homophone of**(we hear) (with a) "buck"($1 in American slang) "an ear" – whimsical desciption of one sporting a pair of $1 earrings. 
Answer: It sounds more like "buck a near" to me though.  But nice surface.