Bug that's notoriously hard to squash Crossword Clue

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Bug that's notoriously hard to squash Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. street names for flunitrazepan
2. European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
(verb)
1. comb (hair) into a roach
2. cut the mane off (a horse)

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SQUASH (verb)
1. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
SQUASH (noun)
1. a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
2. any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
ORACH

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Down

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