Bug - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'bug' is the definition.
(I know that bug can be written as germ)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for germ that I've seen before include "Beginning (of an idea?)" , "tiny life form" , "Cause of disease" , "Origin" , "Bug" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, The Telegraph, The New York Times, the LA Times, the Canadiana and The Guardian.

'bug' is the definition.
(both can mean annoy)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for rile that I've seen before include "Bother" , "bug" , "Irk" , "Make angry" , "Stir up anger" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, The Telegraph, The New York Times, the LA Times, the Canadiana and The Guardian.

'bug' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for wire that I've seen before include "Flex" , "Drawn-out metal" , "See 20" , "Strand of metal" , "Flexible strands of metal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, The Telegraph, The New York Times, the LA Times, the Canadiana and The Guardian.

'bug?' is the definition.
(I know that earwig is a type of bug)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for earwig that I've seen before include "Fork-tailed insect" , "Close acquaintance" , "Small insect with pincers at end of its body" , "It creeps and crawls" , "little insect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun, The Wall Street Journal, the Penny Press, the Sydney Morning Herald, The New York Times, the LA Times and The Guardian.

'bug' is the definition.
(I know that bug can be written as pester)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for pester that I've seen before include "Bug" , "Annoy with persistent requests" , "Trouble, annoy" , "Nag, badger" , "Keep bothering" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun, The Wall Street Journal, the Penny Press, the Sydney Morning Herald, The New York Times, the LA Times and The Guardian.

'bug' is the definition.
(influenza)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for flu that I've seen before include "Viral infection (colloq.)" , "Highly contagious viral disease" , "A bad winter bug" , "Common infection" , "Common annual illness" .)

I've seen this clue in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Penny Press, The Guardian, the LA Times, The Star Tribune and The Sunday Times.

'bug' is the definition.
(I know that bug is a more specific form of bedevil)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for vex that I've seen before include "upset" , "Irk" , "Irritate, annoy" .)

I've seen this clue in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Penny Press, The Guardian, the LA Times, The Star Tribune and The Sunday Times.

'bug' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for irk that I've seen before include "Irritate, vex" , "Irritate, annoy" , "Severely annoy" , "Gall" , "English river" .)

I've seen this clue in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Penny Press, The Guardian, the LA Times, The Star Tribune and The Sunday Times.

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