The Clue
Martian or Venusian (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ALIEN
Tags
Notes
The answer ALIEN is very common and appears about once every 48 puzzles.
Related Clues
E.T. or Alf
E.T., e.g.
Extraterrestrial
Extrinsic
Foreign
Foreigner
Noncitizen
Nonnational
Outlander
Peregrine
Starman
Strange
Tramontane
Unearthly
Unfamiliar
Australian ___: outlander?
One with a big head?
Embassy worker
Martian on Earth
Mork from Ork
Newcomer to the U.S.A.
Non-earthling
Not native
Not natural
U.F.O. pilot
Ufologist's study
Xenophile's friend
Not of this world
"Star Trek" extra
"X-Files" extra
1979 film parodied in "Spaceballs"
Roswell crash victim, supposedly
Weekly World News newsmaker
".... in tears amid th ___ corn": Keats
Definition
ALIEN as a noun:
1. (foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander) = a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
2. (stranger, alien, unknown) = anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
3. (extraterrestrial being, extraterrestrial, alien) = a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
ALIEN as a verb:
1. (alien, alienate) = transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"
2. (estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect) = arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
ALIEN as an adjective:
1. (alien, foreign) = not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
2. (alien, exotic) = being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"