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Answer found in search for plague (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

haunt

'plague' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'answer found in search' is the wordplay.
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'found in' indicates putting letters inside.
'search' becomes 'hunt' ('hunt' can be a synonym of 'search').
'a' placed inside 'hunt' is 'HAUNT'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for haunt that I've seen before include "A favourite place" , "Keep appearing" , "retreat" , "Visit in spectral form" , "Unhat (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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