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Siren of traditional tales on the French island (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lorelei

'siren' is the definition.
(I know that Lorelei is a siren)

'traditional tales on the french island' is the wordplay.
'traditional tales' becomes 'lore' (I've seen this in another clue).
'on' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'island' becomes 'i' (geographical abbreviation).
'lore'+'le'+'i'='LORELEI'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lorelei that I've seen before include "High rock in the Rhine gorge" , "Rhine rock famed for siren" , "Great Rock on the Rhine where sirens lived in legend" , "voice to die for" , "Famous Rhine rock" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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