GERM
| Date | Clue |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-07 | Genesis |
| 2024-12-05 | Starting point |
| 2022-10-14 | "Do you, my poppet, feel infirm? / You probably contain a ___": Ogden Nash |
| 2022-07-11 | Microbe |
| 2022-05-08 | Kernel of an idea |
| 2021-12-26 | Beginning stage |
| 2020-11-11 | Start of an idea |
| 2020-10-28 | Start of an idea |
| 2020-09-24 | Start of a 14-Across |
| 2019-11-16 | Seed |
| 2019-06-02 | Wheat ___ |
| 2018-04-18 | Cause of a cold |
| 2018-03-15 | Wheat ___ |
| 2017-12-03 | "Bug" |
| 2017-10-30 | Target for a disinfectant wipe |
| 2017-09-13 | ___ warfare |
| 2017-08-22 | Infection cause |
| 2017-01-31 | Start of an idea |
| 2016-11-06 | Genesis of an idea |
| 2016-05-01 | Wheat ___ |
| 2016-04-09 | Thought starter |
| 2015-08-01 | It can make you sick |
| 2014-08-10 | Purell target |
| 2013-03-11 | Bug |
| 2012-07-19 | Seed |
| 2011-07-20 | It might make you sick |
| 2011-02-28 | It may be what ails you |
| 2011-01-19 | Lysol target |
| 2010-11-19 | Basis |
| 2010-10-27 | "Cootie" |
| 2010-04-06 | Start, as of an idea |
| 2010-02-28 | Idea's start |
| 2009-11-29 | Starting point |
| 2009-03-31 | Listerine target |
| 2008-01-27 | Beginning, as of an idea |
| 2007-10-28 | It might make you sick |
| 2006-07-21 | It's sickening |
| 2006-06-03 | Spark |
| 2004-11-01 | It can make you sick |
| 2003-08-23 | Starting point |
| 2003-07-09 | Start of an idea |
| 2001-09-23 | Start of an idea |
| 2001-02-07 | Idea's beginning |
| 2001-01-30 | Origin, as of an idea |
| 2000-05-31 | Disease cause |
| 1998-04-23 | Starting point |
| 1998-04-22 | Kind of warfare |
| 1997-05-05 | Microbe |
| 1996-08-28 | Start, as of an idea |
| 1996-04-07 | Listerine target |
| 1996-03-21 | Wheat center |
| 1994-09-27 | Seed |