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The Clue
Basis (4 letter answer)
The Answer
GERM
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Notes
The answer GERM is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
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Wheat ___
Beginning, as of an idea
Bud or seed
Disease cause
Hypochondriac's dread
Idea's start
It's sickening
Kind of warfare
Listerine target
Seed; origin
Start, as of an idea
Starting point
Wheat center
It can make you sick
It might make you sick
Definition
GERM as a noun:
1. (source, seed, germ) = anything that provides inspiration for later work
2. a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
3. (microbe, bug, germ) = a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use