The Clue
Air raid alert (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SIREN
Tags
Notes
The answer SIREN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
Related Clues
Alarm
Bewitcher
Enchantress
"Irresistibelle"
Lorelei
Lure
Parthenope, for one
Seductive one
Tempter
Temptress
Vamp
Alluring woman
Ambulance sound
Ambulance's warning
Attention-getter
Certain wail
Circe, e.g.
Circe or Lorelei
Dangerously seductive
Emergency signal
Femme fatale
Firehouse feature
Foghorn's cousin
Kind of call
Lady with a lure
Lorelei, e.g.
Noon signal
Sea nymph
Sea songstress
Singer in the "Odyssey"
Singer at sea
Warning wail
Cause for pulling over
Signal to clear the road
Sleep ender, maybe
Squad-car item
It may precede a storm
Woman with a come-hither look
Definition
SIREN as a noun:
1. a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived; "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"
2. (enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale) = a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
3. a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
4. an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
5. eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills