The Clue
UFO occupant (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ALIEN
Tags
Notes
The answer ALIEN is very common and appears about once every 48 puzzles.
Related Clues
Alf, for one
E.T. or Alf
E.T., e.g.
Exotic
Foreign
Foreigner
Noncitizen
Nonterrestrial
Outlander
Outsider
Peregrine
Strange
Stranger
Superman, for one
Unearthly
Unfamiliar
From another planet
Klingon, e.g.
Non-earthling
Not from Earth
Venusian, e.g.
Xenophobe's dread
Green-card holder
Green-card possessor
Little green man
Not from around here
Not of this world
" . . . in tears amid the ___ corn"
Weekly World News newsmaker
Sci-fi horror film: 1979
"She stood . . . amid the ___ 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"