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A small insect in lime from Belgium (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bug

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'a small insect' is the definition.
'bug' can be an answer for 'insect' (bug is a kind of insect). I'm unsure of the 'a small' bit.

'lime from belgium' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'belgium' could be 'b' (international vehicle registration code) and 'b' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ug' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bug that I've seen before include "Insect, or flaw in computer program" , "Computer glitch" , "Computer program error" , "Disease-germ" , "It's snug in a rug (3)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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