The Clue
Gnat, for one (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PEST
Tags
Notes
The answer PEST is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
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Definition
PEST as a noun:
1. (plague, pestilence, pest, pestis) = a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
2. (plague, pestilence, pest) = any epidemic disease with a high death rate
3. (pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly) = a persistently annoying person
4. any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"