The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word APHID
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More clues leading to the result APHID
- Pest upset Parliament, probing charity
- Climbing pea's tips concealed plant pest
- Insect with a soft skin, mostly
- Pressure husband coming in to assist sucker
- A plant initially concealed a plant pest
- Chap does away with companion over veiled threat in bed
- Companion shunned by man concealed bug
- In a higher degree Enigmatist may be a pest
- Louse‘s elevated state kept under wraps
- Power resting in a concealed pest
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The straight part
We know that "threat in bed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case threat in bed = aphid.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does APHID mean?
APHID noun- Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.