Clues for the word "VIRUS"
We've had 59 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 78 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on January 11, 2026.
Definition of virus
- v. i. - Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons.
- v. i. - The special contagion, inappreciable to the senses and acting in exceedingly minute quantities, by which a disease is introduced into the organism and maintained there.
- v. i. - Fig.: Any morbid corrupting quality in intellectual or moral conditions; something that poisons the mind or the soul; as, the virus of obscene books.
Referring Clues
- Bug
- Flu cause
- Ebola, for one
- Hacker's creation, perhaps
- Computer woe
- Chickenpox cause
- MyDoom, for one
- PC woe
- Attacker from a hacker
- High-tech invader
- Common cold cause
- Corrupting influence
- Flu bug
- Computer malady
- Computer crasher
- It may be written in code
- PC problem
- Computer bug
- Bug first discovered in 1898
- Hacking tool
- Hacker's infestation
- Computer disruption
- Computer infection
- Type of malware
- Computer invader
- Email attachment attachment?
- Bad strain?
- Malware product
- Computer illness
- Computer "infection"
- Cold, e.g.
- Computer attacker
- Type of protection
- It spreads through - right for one American
- A classical man to you and me represents something harmful
- Cause of computer malfunctions?
- Infectious agent
- Particle injurious to people (or computers?)
- Disease-causing organism
- Bodily or computer infection
- Cause of infection (in people and computers)
- Microscopic entity capable of reproducing within cells
- Man (Latin-American) is source of disease
- Pathogen - computing menace
- Transmitted cause of infection
- Harmful agent to animals and computers
- Ultramicroscopic infectious agent
- Disease
- See Irish/American with an infection
- Poison
- Computer threat
- Coxsackie, for one
- Mono, e.g.
- Infection
- Cybersecurity concern
- Computer ill
- Computer problem
- Malware, often
- Self-replicating malware
Last Seen In
- LA Times - January 11, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 20, 2025
- LA Times - October 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 03, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 09, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 30, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 25, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - April 02, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - February 25, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 23, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - December 14, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - November 16, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - September 04, 2017
- Netword - June 03, 2017
- New York Times - May 18, 2017
- Universal - April 09, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - November 30, 2016
- Guardian Speedy - November 27, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - September 01, 2016
- Netword - July 19, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - June 14, 2016
- LA Times - April 05, 2016
- Netword - March 01, 2016
- Wall Street Journal - February 01, 2016
- LA Times - October 25, 2015
- Guardian Speedy - August 09, 2015
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