Cryptic crossword clue
Son gets bite in tiny spot

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SPECK

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The straight part
We know that "tiny spot" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tiny spot = speck.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SPECK mean?

SPECK noun
  1. A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc.
  2. A very small thing; a particle; a whit.
  3. A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
SPECK verb
  1. To mark with specks; to speckle.
SPECK noun
  1. Fat; lard; fat meat.
  2. A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.
  3. The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.
  4. The fat of the hippopotamus.

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