Deserve Crossword Clue

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MERIT

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Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
2. acquire or deserve by one’s efforts or actions

Hint 2: Clue Definition

DESERVE (verb)
1. be worthy or deserving

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

MERIT
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Universal Crossword (5/18/2026) Answers

Across

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9. Scholar in a synagogue

14. Highest of highs

15. Weapon for an athlete who's en garde

16. On guard

17. Tie to a dock

18. Gradually withdraw

19. Bygone Russian rulers

20. *Early-stage startup funder

23. Conjunction that kids sometimes snicker at

24. "Talk" in all caps

25. What a spider spins

28. Coordinates, as devices

30. In an unsettling way

32. Score 100% on

34. *Anonymous author

37. Bummer

39. Confucian philosophy

40. 'Yikes!'

41. *Saja Boy's rival in a blockbuster 2025 movie

46. Guy

47. 'Same!'

48. Make snarky remarks

50. French denial

51. No __ no glory

54. Biz bigwig

55. Meditation or mindfulness, e.g. ... or what the starred clues' answers could engage in?

61. Dominant theme

64. Thrill ride cry

65. Choose via ballot

66. Car window shading

67. Slick

68. Sub sandwiches

69. Roughly

70. Courts

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Down

1. Common first word

2. Biz major's subject

3. Pollution that worsens air quality

4. "I ___ declare ..."

5. Cast a spell on

6. Unlocked

7. Weighty

8. "Not My Fault" singer Rapp

9. Snake named for its warning noise

10. In addition

11. "Hang on a sec"

12. "I'm so cold!"

13. Word often wrongly apostrophized

21. Respiratory organ

22. Whole lot

26. Justice Kagan

27. "Don Juan" poet Lord ___

28. Kraken, for example

29. Lengthy presidential speech: Abbr.

31. Where Simone Biles won four golds

32. Extra ingredient

33. System of beliefs

35. ___ Francisco 49ers

36. Tater bites

38. Obtained

42. Request on a birthday party invitation

43. Daylight saving amount

44. Disney film with the song "We Don't Talk About Bruno"

45. Cambodian currency, and an anagram of "lire"

49. Native American gathering

52. Connect with

53. One of 1,665 in the Eiffel Tower

56. ___ de gallo

57. Large tea vessels

58. Home to the Browns and Reds

59. Move to a new house, for short

60. Janitors' janglers

61. *shrug*

62. World Cup cheer

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