The Clue
Circe or Lorelei (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SIREN
Tags
Notes
The answer SIREN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
Related Clues
Alluring one
Bewitching one
Charmer
Circe, for one
"Debutantalizer"
"Irresistibelle"
Lorelei
Lorelei, for one
Parthenope, for one
Tempter
Temptress
Wailer
Alluring woman
Ambulance attachment
Ambulance sound
Ambulance's warning
Certain wail
Chased woman
Circe, e.g.
Dangerous woman
Emergency signal
Femme fatale
Firehouse feature
Kind of call
Lady with a lure
Lorelei, e.g.
Singer in the "Odyssey"
Singer at sea
Street clearer
Traffic stopper
"All clear" signal
Patrol-car item
Police-car adjunct
Police car device
Signal to pull over
Silent screen slinker
Sleep ender, maybe
It may precede a storm
Frequent demonstrator of the Doppler effect
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