Thank you - got it in the end, just!

Nice, but homophones are always subject to regional variation, and a couple of yours, e.g. ear/air, pier/pare just don't work in 'standard' pronunciations.

Homophones don`t quite work! Pare doesn`t quite mean cut off the skin? One spy sees,many spies see-doesn`t quite work. Kinda clever and kinda doesn`t quite work.

Thanks for the feedback! I realise homophones are always tricky across different accents but figured they’d be close enough to be recognisable. Also @Krista “spies” is there as a synonym for “sees”, not spies as in secret agents, and the pare hint is referring to skin on a fruit or vege, not something more gruesome! I believe that it is an accurate definition.