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Ross

(Other definitions for germ that I've seen before include "Beginning (of an idea?)" , "starting point" , "Rudiment" , "Micro-organism that causes disease" , "Minute lifeform" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate and The Guardian.
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