Liability's opposite on a balance sheet Crossword Clue

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Liability's opposite on a balance sheet Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a useful or valuable quality

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

LIABILITY (noun)
1. an obligation to pay money to another party
2. the quality of being something that holds you back
OPPOSITE (adverb)
1. directly facing each other
OPPOSITE (adjective)
1. characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
2. of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
OPPOSITE (noun)
1. a contestant that you are matched against
2. a relation of direct opposition

Hint 3: Anagram

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

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19. Brewery tanks

20. Fine and ___ (hunky-dory)

21. Eleven- or twelve-year-old

23. Writer-director Guillermo ___ Toro

24. Racer on an ice rink

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31. Crustacean that scavenges empty shells for protection

32. Swanky charity event

34. Boom box

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36. Limerick writer, e.g.

37. Ignoring the morning alarm, say

39. Superlative suffix

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41. Solemn promise

42. Bygone anesthetic

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55. Beg

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Down

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2. Beauty superstore

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12. "Atlas Shrugged" author Ayn

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32. Soda in some Shirley Temples

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40. Small, four-wheeled racing vehicle

41. Brief getaway?

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