Bug - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'bug' is the definition.
(synonyms)

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 Telegraph, the Canadiana, The New York Times, the LA Times, the Penny Press 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 Telegraph, the Canadiana, The New York Times, the LA Times, the Penny Press and The Guardian.

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

This is all the 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 Telegraph, the Canadiana, The New York Times, the LA Times, the Penny Press 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 New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, the LA Times, the Penny Press and The Guardian.

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

This is the entire 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 Sun, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, the LA Times, the Penny Press and The Guardian.

'bug' is the definition.
(influenza)

This is the entire 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 Sunday Times, the LA Times, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune and The Guardian.

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

This is the entire 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 Sunday Times, the LA Times, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune and The Guardian.

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

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 Sunday Times, the LA Times, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune and The Guardian.

'bug' is the definition.
(lice are insects)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for louse that I've seen before include "Bloodsucking parasitic insect" , "Wingless bloodsucking insect" , "Common parasite on animals" , "Unpleasant person" , "Wingless bloodsucker" .)

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

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

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for error that I've seen before include "Slip-up" , "Slip, mistake" , "Mistake or mishap" , "Faulty judgment" , "Gaffe" .)

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

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