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Germ ___ Idea Crossword Clue

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33%4 Start, as of an idea
noun

• anything that provides inspiration for later work

• a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism

• a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

32%10 The germ of an idea
noun

• an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

• the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon

• the event that occurred at the beginning of something

• the creation of something in the mind

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New York Times23 Oct 2004 Down 49 OFAN
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