The quirk of fate that made the bug pick you? (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
ill chance
'made the bug pick you?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'the quirk of fate' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'fate' could be 'ill' (ill is a kind of fate) and 'ill' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'chance' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'that' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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