Clues for the word "GERMS"
We've had 59 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 87 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 24, 2026.
Referring Clues
- They may make you sick
- Listerine targets
- Infection causes
- Howard Hughes's fear
- Lysol target
- Listerine victims
- Microbes
- They might make you sick
- Verminophobe's fear
- Antiseptic targets
- Howard Hughes's phobia
- Bacteria fear
- Bugs
- Bacteria
- Cold carriers?
- Lysol targets
- Pathogens
- Antiseptic's victims
- "Bugs"
- Cold causes
- Disinfectant's target
- Mouthwash target
- Hand sanitizer targets
- Tiny troublemakers
- Idea origins
- Mouthwash victims
- Rudiments, as of ideas
- Seeds
- Disinfectant's targets
- Disinfectant targets
- Pat Smear punk band
- Tiny organisms that get right inside stones
- Embryos right to be included in valuable items
- They live on doorknobs
- Sickness causes
- Sanitization concern
- Disinfection targets
- Causes of illness
- Some bacteria
- Sterilant's targets
- Common phobia source
- Infection culprits
- Little things that can have ill effects
- Concern for Pasteur
- About to back blocking MSG fermented bacteria
- Beginnings of ideas
- Bacteria that cause an illness
- Bad bacteria
- Little things that can keep a redhead in jewellery
- Microbes of some danger to a titled female
- Hand sanitizer's targets
- Things a mysophobe is afraid of
- They can make you sick
- Targets of some wipes
- Microorganisms
- Sanitizer targets
- "Cooties"
- What many cleaning brands say they can kill 99% of
- Gentlemen, jocularly
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 24, 2026
- New York Times - January 17, 2026
- New York Times - April 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 02, 2025
- Daily American - February 25, 2025
- New York Times - November 15, 2024
- Daily American - November 02, 2024
- LA Times - March 08, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 05, 2024
- USA Today - November 30, 2023
- LA Times - November 30, 2023
- New York Times - November 12, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 06, 2023
- New York Times - March 08, 2023
- Daily American - February 25, 2023
- New York Times - February 03, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 23, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 08, 2022
- Family Time - December 05, 2022
- Daily American - November 02, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 25, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - July 21, 2022
- LA Times - February 06, 2018
- USA Today - December 19, 2017
- Washington Post Sunday - October 01, 2017
- Chronicle of Higher Education - May 26, 2017
- USA Today - May 17, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 06, 2017
- Washington Post Sunday - February 26, 2017
- Daily American - February 25, 2017
- And in 57 more crossword puzzles...