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Alluring people work briefly north of Barnet? (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

temptresses

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'alluring people' is the definition.
'temptresses' can be an answer for 'people' (temptress is a kind of person). I'm not sure about the 'alluring' bit.

'work briefly north of barnet?' is the wordplay.
'work briefly' becomes 'temp' (temp can mean to work somewhere temporarily).
'north of barnet?' becomes 'tresses' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'temp'+'tresses'='TEMPTRESSES'

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(Another definition for temptresses that I've seen is " People like Delilah".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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