Answer: GERM
GERM is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 93 times.
Referring Clues:
- Microbe
 - Kind of warfare
 - Starting point
 - Disease cause
 - Idea's beginning
 - Origin, as of an idea
 - Start of an idea
 - It can make you sick
 - It's sickening
 - Spark
 - It might make you sick
 - Beginning, as of an idea
 - Listerine target
 - Antibiotic target
 - Word with cell or warfare
 - Cold cause
 - Wheat ___ (health food purchase)
 - Bacterium
 - Word after wheat
 - Seed or spore
 - Beginning
 - Sanitizer's target
 - Disinfectant target
 - Sterilization target
 - Seed of an idea
 - Idea's start
 - Disease agent
 - Birth of a notion
 - Seed
 - Lysol victim
 - Disinfectant victim
 - Beginning of an idea
 - Bug
 - Virus source
 - Rudiment
 - Disinfectant's target
 - Bug's beginning?
 - Type of warfare
 - Start, as of an idea
 - "Cootie"
 - Basis
 - Lysol target
 - Sepsis cause
 - Purel target
 - It may be what ails you
 - Microscope view
 - It may be sickening
 - Basis of an idea
 - Pathogen
 - Start (of an idea)
 - Sickness spreader
 - Start of a 69 Across
 - 'Cootie'
 - Cold starter
 - Purell target
 - Micro organism
 - Kernel of an idea
 - Wheat ___, a healthfood purchase
 - Idea beginning
 - Microorganism
 - This causes a cold
 - Antiseptic's target
 - Pathogenic microorganism
 - Idea's genesis
 - Wheat ___
 - Thought starter
 - Word before theory or warfare
 - Ultimate basis
 - Genesis of an idea
 - Hypochondriac's fear
 - Bug "caught" by 17- and 59-Across and 10- and 24-Down
 - Harmful microorganism
 - Infection cause
 - ___ warfare
 - Target for a disinfectant wipe
 - "Bug"
 - Cause of a cold
 - Handwashing target
 - Hand-washer's target
 - Hand sanitizer victim
 - Start of something
 - Hand sanitizer's target
 - Infection-causing bacterium
 - Hand sanitizer target
 - Disinfectant spray's target
 - Start of a 14-Across
 - Ultimate inspiration
 - Origin
 - Beginning stage
 - "Do you, my poppet, feel infirm? / You probably contain a ___": Ogden Nash
 - Infectious microorganism
 - The ___ of an idea
 - Infectious microbe
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 07, 2025
 - New York Times - December 05, 2024
 - USA Today - October 24, 2024
 - USA Today - January 09, 2024
 - LA Times - October 30, 2023
 - LA Times - July 10, 2023
 - USA Today - June 07, 2023
 - USA Today - April 25, 2023
 - LA Times - April 23, 2023
 - USA Today - December 16, 2022
 - USA Today - October 17, 2022
 - New York Times - October 14, 2022
 - New York Times - July 11, 2022
 - USA Today - June 23, 2022
 - New York Times - May 08, 2022
 - LA Times - May 04, 2022
 - New York Times - December 26, 2021
 - LA Times - December 05, 2021
 - Netword - May 29, 2021
 - USA Today - March 25, 2021
 
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