Owlish utterance from motorists? (5)
I believe the answer is:
hoots
'owlish utterance from motorists?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'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'
Can you help me to learn more?
(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" .)