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Owlish utterance from motorists? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hoots

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'owlish utterance from motorists?' is the definition.
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'utterance from motorists?' is the wordplay.
'utterance' becomes 'hoot' (hoot is a kind of utterance).
'from' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'motorists?' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hoot'+'s'='HOOTS'

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(Other definitions for hoots that I've seen before include "Owls' cries" , "Sounds made by owls" , "Loud raucous cries of an owl" , "Cries of contempt" , "cries of derision" .)

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