The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MURRAIN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result MURRAIN
- Ancient plague of spirit to rise then come down
- Fever’s odd, being brought about by a shower?
- BSE dismissed by submariner suffering BSE!
- Endless dark and drizzle brings disease
- Bovine epidemic in Northern Ireland area half-ignored, strange to recall
- Endless gloom and wet weather brings animal disease
- Cattle disease brought by endless fog and deluge
- Cattle disease caused by return of odd deluge
- Drink up scotch mist to get a disease
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What does MURRAIN mean?
MURRAIN noun- Plague, infectious disease, pestilence.
- Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle such as anthrax.