Deserving of Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895)
2. an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
(adjective)
1. (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way
2. having a specified value

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DESERVING (adjective)
1. (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way

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Across

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14. More than a couple

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16. Orders of beer, colloquially

18. Anna who starred in many of Jean-Luc Godard’s early-sixties films

19. Gemological nickname for the Australian women’s national basketball team

20. “You’d better clean up your ___!”

22. Unit of length once enshrined in an official platinum bar

23. “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter” singer McEntire

24. Person who might be asked about P.T.O. rules

26. Match before a final

27. __ Dalloway

28. Those whose interest is informal, informally

30. Perfect score, often

31. Buy-curious?

34. Volleyball shot after a set

35. “Finally . . . my life is complete”

38. Lead-in to state or sect

39. The University of the South, familiarly

40. Unlikely to overshare

43. Undertaking concerned with identifying distant technosignatures, for short

45. Removed from the skyline

46. Terse summons

47. Does' young

49. Tree that’s a homophone of an animal

50. Activity that’s harder when the bar is set lower

51. Mesopotamian goddess who visits her sister in the underworld

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55. Almost

56. Having layers of meaning

57. Everything that’s left?

58. Collectively

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Down

1. Shortening in a severe-weather report

2. Scythe-wielding figure

3. Haunts for H.S. filmmakers, maybe

4. Dude

5. Styles that can be fluffed with a pick

6. McKellen who played Hamlet onstage in his thirties and in his eighties

7. Makes some space

8. Naughty

9. Incur extra cellphone charges, perhaps

10. After, in Avignon

11. Invite code for a fancy event?

12. The “4” in a 4-3 football defense

13. Scathing, as an indictment

17. Second-string player

21. Really rips into

24. Less carefully considered

25. Sat unceremoniously, with “down”

28. Squeaky poutine parts

29. Tap alternative, sometimes

31. Sportswriter Bois who coined the word “scorigami” to describe a final score that’s unique in N.F.L. history

32. Canvas for some ephemeral writing

33. “Hold on—did I hear you right?!”

35. No big deal

36. Deep folds

37. “Pale Fire” character Shade whose first name is a shade

40. Standup folks

41. Dye jobs with color gradients

42. Shoppe front?

44. The “I” of IUD

46. Aetna competitor

48. Pasta-water addition

50. “The Naked Gun” star Neeson

52. Pumpernickel flour

54. ___ and games

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