Crossword Genius

Temptress greeted on return outside Lima (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delilah

'temptress' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'greeted on return outside lima' is the wordplay.
'greeted' becomes 'hailed' (hailing is a kind of greeting).
'on return' says the letters should be written backwards.
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'lima' becomes 'l' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'hailed' backwards is 'deliah'.
'deliah' enclosing 'l' is 'DELILAH'.

(Other definitions for delilah that I've seen before include "Tom Jones single" , "Samson's lover" , "See 8 across" , "Samson's nemesis" , "Samson's destroyer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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