Beginning stage (5)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">beginning stage</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for onset that I've seen before include "Start, beginning" , "Inception" , "Storming" , "starting?" , "Beginning or early stages" .)
(Other definitions for germ that I've seen before include "Microorganism causing disease" , "virus?" , "infectious organism" , "Tiny organism that spreads disease" , "From which disease comes" .)