Cryptic crossword clue
Virus containing note getting illicit payment 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BUNG

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The straight part
We know that "illicit payment" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case illicit payment = bung.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does BUNG mean?

BUNG noun
  1. A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
  2. A cecum or anus, especially of a slaughter animal.
  3. A bribe.
  4. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
  5. A sharper or pickpocket.
BUNG verb
  1. To plug, as with a bung.
  2. To put or throw somewhere without care; to chuck.
  3. To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.
  4. To pass a bribe.
BUNG adjective
  1. Broken, not in working order.
BUNG noun
  1. (thieves' cant) A purse.

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