The Clue
Bug of a sort (5 letter answer)
The Answer
VIRUS
Tags
Notes
The answer VIRUS is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 850 puzzles.
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Definition
VIRUS as a noun:
1. (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
2. a harmful or corrupting agency; "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"
3. (virus, computer virus) = a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer; "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance"