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 Canadiana, the LA Times, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Telegraph 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 Canadiana, the LA Times, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Telegraph 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 Canadiana, the LA Times, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Telegraph 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 Sydney Morning Herald, the LA Times, The Sun, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Wall Street Journal 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 Sydney Morning Herald, the LA Times, The Sun, The New York Times, the Penny Press, The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian.

'bug' is the definition.
(bug can mean an insect)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for insect that I've seen before include "Small six-legged creature" , "cricket, say" , "Imago" , "E.g. cricket" , "Small animal with six legs" .)

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

'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 Star Tribune, the New York Times, The Sunday Times, the LA Times, the Penny Press, The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian.

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