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A siren can show him points

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sir

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'a siren can show him points' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'him points' is the wordplay.
'him' becomes 'Si'.
'points' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'si'+'r'='SIR'

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(Other definitions for sir that I've seen before include "Term of address for a gentleman" , "Gentleman's form of address" , "Title for knight or teacher" , "Honourable title" , "Title of 1 across" .)

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