Unfamiliar (5)
'unfamiliar' is the definition.
(novel can mean new or unfamiliar)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for novel that I've seen before include "Innovative" , "New and intriguing" , "Hitherto unknown" , "Kim, eg" , "Volume of prose fiction" .)
'unfamiliar' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for alien that I've seen before include "coming from overseas" , "movie!" , "extraneous" , "Clanger?" , "immigrant" .)
'unfamiliar' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for strange that I've seen before include "Out of the ordinary" , "Irregular" , "Odd kind of garnets" , "Queer" , "Odd, alien" .)
'unfamiliar' is the definition.
(associated in meaning)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for foreign that I've seen before include "Exotic" , "not appropriate" , "Not native - maybe of Niger" , "Alien" , "Not domestic" .)
'unfamiliar' is the definition.
(associated in meaning)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for unknown that I've seen before include "Anonymous" , "Undetermined" , "Strange - obscure" , "Not recognized" , "x, y or z, possibly" .)