Scholarship criterion Crossword Clue

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MERIT

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(verb)
1. have need of
2. require as useful, just, or proper
(noun)
1. anything that is necessary but lacking
2. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CRITERION (noun)
1. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
2. the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
SCHOLARSHIP (noun)
1. profound scholarly knowledge
2. financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

MERIT
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Hint 4: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (3/30/2025) Answers

Across

1. Choose not to take part

5. Style of hip-hop

9. "Like, duh!"

13. Settles, as the stomach

18. High in the Andes

19. Hole-boring tool

21. Feature of a safe landing, perhaps

22. Architectural projection

23. Hit the ___

24. Stiletto feature

25. Fraudster Sorokin profiled in Netflix's "Inventing ___"

26. Mere pittance

27. Not this

31. Film attire for George Clooney and Christian Bale

32. The Emmy statuette depicts a winged woman holding one

33. Jordan's most-visited tourist site

35. Ancient

40. Returns a call, in a way

43. Comprehension

44. Facilitates

45. Sch. whose student newspaper is The Reveille

46. Kid who's a handful

47. Utter

49. Pickles might be in them

51. Dollar, informally

52. Believes

57. Useless

59. Stack in an office cabinet

60. 1960s diplomat Dean

61. Hold together

62. Composed

66. Canadian dollar, informally

67. Stimulant crop of South America

68. Pricing level

69. Dishes out

70. Feasts - - -

76. Fairy ___

77. Put down

78. Modern love?

79. Elegant and luxurious

80. Translation of "fin"

81. Target for a Mighty Patch

83. Something searched for in vein?

85. Soak

87. Alumnus º

93. Leader who wrote "The Discovery of [96-Down]"

94. Feed at a trough

95. Steep decline

99. Peruse

103. Do a millworker or barista's job, maybe

105. Its southernmost point, Pamana Island, is more than 750 miles below the Equator

106. Group in "a pension fund"

107. Mark one's words?

108. Classification on a B.M.I. chart

109. Having a certain strong flavor, as meat

110. Fine print, often

111. ___ wave

112. Entries in a passport

113. Makes liable for libel, say

114. Average killers?

115. Actor Diggs who made his film debut in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"

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Down

1. Medicare section

2. Literally, "love," "peace" or "mercy"

3. Weasel family member

4. Special sympathies

5. Garfield and others

6. Hath dominion o'er

7. Eight-time Grand Slam tournament winner from 1992 to 2003

8. Spa treatment, informally

9. Keynote figure

10. Baguette in Vietnamese cuisine

11. Wall climber

12. Apply haphazardly, with "on"

13. Reproductive systems?

14. Question of self-reflection

15. Items helpful for removing pet hair

16. Chess pieces

17. Furtive

20. Fix, as a logbook entry

28. 'If you say so'

29. School for some royal offspring

30. Piece of one's mind?

34. Bit of media revenue

36. Terrier type from Scotland

37. Joker … or jokester

38. Detectives, for short

39. Home drainage option

40. Recede

41. Vin classification

42. Something a pitchfork might go into

47. What a star may represent

48. Alas!

49. In the same way that

50. Egyptian symbol of life

51. Only solo artist with Billboard #1 singles in seven consecutive decades

53. Curing liquid

54. Cryptids of the Himalayas

55. Proteins hypothetically responsible for mad cow disease

56. Small scale amount

57. Point taken

58. Schitt's Creek co-star Catherine

61. Third part of a double album

62. Diamond jubilee?

63. Get around

64. TV franchise spun off from "JAG"

65. Big Sicilian smoker

66. Apply pressure to

69. You might be told to watch yours

70. Broke down

71. Sleeping, quaintly

72. First to the finish line

73. Sweetie

74. "Exit" key

75. "Don't tell anyone!"

77. Fiber of one's being, so to speak

81. Top marks

82. 'Aw, rats!'

83. Tribe headquartered in Red Rock, Okla.

84. Music player button

85. Author who originally intended his pen name to rhyme with "voice," though Americans pronounced it differently

86. Walk unsteadily

88. Org. whose budget is classified

89. Period that a couple dedicates to themselves

90. Invariably

91. Not partial

92. Order after closing time

96. Country once led by 93-Across

97. Like a bodybuilder's arms

98. Much-lauded Lauder

100. Features of sleepy eyes

101. Genesis brother

103. Whitehouse. follower

104. Stat achieved after a bases-loaded walk

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