Cryptic crossword clue
Strep is running wild in elves 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SPRITES

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What does SPRITES mean?

SPRITES noun
  1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
  2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
  3. A kind of short arrow.
SPRITES noun
  1. A spirit; a soul; a shade
  2. An apparition; ghost
  3. An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
  4. The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
  5. A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
  6. An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.
  7. A spayed female ferret.

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