Merits Crossword Clue

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Merits Crossword Answer

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RATES

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DESERVES

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RATES
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DESERVES
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NARES

More Apple+ Crossword (1/20/2025) Answers

Across

1. Exaggeratedly masculine

6. Overlook, like a seemingly obvious choice for an Oscar nomination

10. Young bloke

13. Sneeze sound

14. Space Invaders game company

15. A Nightmare on ___ Street

16. Ignorance = Fear graffiti artist and AIDS awareness activist

18. Kid's "little piggy"

19. Historic periods of time.

20. Like an exam involving answering questions face-to-face

21. Plant-___ diet

23. Kitten's canine counterpart

25. Expressed aloud

26. Tells tall tales, for example

28. Sent money via a competitor of Cash App

31. Friction-reducing steel sphere

35. The way of nature, in a Chinese philosophy

36. "Don't worry, ___ be okay!"

37. They're jumped in Double Dutch

38. Drive-___

39. The NBA's Thunder, on scoreboards

40. Like makeup that lasts all day

42. Like condos along the coast

44. Insult

45. Reusable bag

46. Self-Portrait With Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird painter Kahlo

49. Parent's brother

51. Goo Goo Dolls song that begins "And I'd give up forever to touch you"

52. Fall behind

55. "___! Humbug!" (exclamation from a scrooge)

56. Taking a Lyft, for example

60. Large flightless Australian bird

61. Got out of bed

62. Storytelling luau dances

63. Bench-press unit

64. Place where mascara is applied

65. Social-media app also known as "the 'gram"

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Down

1. Create

2. Taiwanese computer brand

3. ___ seeds (smoothie-bowl ingredient)

4. Too-warm stretch

5. "___! Aah!" (exclamation at a fireworks display)

6. Wander off the path

7. Manicurist's focus

8. Caterer's coffee dispenser

9. Universe-starting event, in one theory

10. "Time for us to get moving!"

11. Soothing additive in some tissues

12. Contacted privately on TikTok

14. Organization for seniors (with an age minimum of 18)

17. "It's just a ___, skip, and a jump away!"

22. Objective

24. Computer port initials

25. Touch, taste or smell

26. Fried Hanukkah treat

27. "No need to wait for me. Y'all go ahead!"

28. Breathtaking feature of a scenic outlook

30. NBA great Christie

31. Authors' blurbs

32. Gradually wear away because of weather

33. "That was ___-time thing" ("It won't happen again")

34. Genre for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt or The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

38. Dress rehearsal

40. Not figurative

41. Opposite of "subtract"

43. Sun, in Spanish

46. Positive designation on Rotten Tomatoes

47. What yeast makes bread do

48. "Kinda"

49. Taxi alternative with XL and Black options

50. ___ That Tune (music-oriented game show with Jane Krakowski and Randy Jackson)

51. They're said at weddings

53. Feels unwell

54. Annoying insect in a swarm

57. 401(k) alternative

58. Type of sushi-grade tuna

59. Student group with a G standing for "gender"

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