The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CRASH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CRASH
- Charlie spots accident
- Money about right for wreck
- In front of car, spots accident
- Bankruptcy when Conservative gets impetuous
- Tory’s skin problem leads to collapse
- Economic collapse caused by head of Coutts getting reckless
- Coming down due to an unexpected bug perhaps fall asleep by the top of the stairs
- Dough containing last of flour to sink rapidly
- Insurance against losing one’s marbles?
- An emergency for Jumbo, say, caught taking risks by top of stairs
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The straight part
We know that "Coming down due to an unexpected bug" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case coming down due to an unexpected bug = crash.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CRASH mean?
CRASH noun- A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
- An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
- A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
- A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).
- A comedown from a drug.
- (collective) A group of rhinoceroses.
- To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
- To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
- (via gatecrash) To attend a social event without invitation, usually with unfavorable intentions.
- To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
- To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- To give, as a favor.
- To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
- (hardware) To terminate extraordinarily.
- (hardware) To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
- To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
- To hit or strike with force
- (of a patient's condition) To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly deteriorate.
- To make a sudden loud noise.
- Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.
- (fibre) A type of rough linen.