The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ARIEL
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More clues leading to the result ARIEL
- A bit of Marie, Lisa, Sharon?
- Odds cut on fairy, I feel, spirit creating storm?
- A college not displaying its old spirit
- Sylvia’s work gathered a dramatic spirit
- Marie Lloyd is full of spirit on the stage
- Mountain gazelle seen in safari — elegant
- Poor Lear, interrupted by one from another play
- Marie Lloyd, only partly an angelic creature
- Sharon as a little mermaid?
- Moon and endless stars over lake
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The straight part
We know that "Sharon?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sharon? = ariel.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ARIEL mean?
ARIEL noun- A kind of mountain gazelle, native to Arabia.