Vermin (3)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">vermin</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(rats are vermin)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for rat that I've seen before include "one escaping doomed vessel?" , "Tell-tale" , "Rodent; traitor" , "Treacherous rodent" , "Cad" .)
(Other definitions for rats that I've seen before include "Damn" , "Mild oath - sewer residents" , "deserters" , "Snoopy's imprecation - vermin" , "(Hunts) rodents - expression of irritation" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">vermin</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for pest that I've seen before include "Plague" , "Disease with a high death rate" , "Nuisance; half a European capital" , "Aphis" , "Annoying thing" .)