The Clue
Circe, e.g. (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SIREN
Tags
Notes
The answer SIREN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
Related Clues
Alarm
Circe, for one
"Debutantalizer"
Enchantress
"Irresistibelle"
Lorelei
Lorelei, for one
Lure
Parthenope, for one
Tempter
Temptress
Vamp
Wailer
Ambulance attachment
Ambulance wail
Chased woman
Designing woman
Fabulous singer
Femme fatale
Firehouse feature
Kind of call
Lorelei, e.g.
Sea nymph
Singer in the "Odyssey"
Street clearer
Cause for pulling over
Naval hazard of mythology
Police-car feature
Signal to clear the road
Signal to pull over
Silent screen slinker
Singer seeking sailors
Squad-car item
It may precede a storm
She beguiles with wiles and smiles
Woman with a come-hither look
Reason to look in a rear-view mirror
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