Merit Crossword Clue

We have the 4-letter answer for Merit crossword clue, last seen in the USA Today Crossword August 6, 2025 puzzle. Let us help you solve the crossword clue that has you stumped so you can finish the puzzle.

Merit Crossword Answer

→63.

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

Hide

Find more clues, hints, and info below.

DESERVE

(7 letters)

IRATE

(5 letters)

RATE

(4 letters)

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

MERIT (noun)
1. any admirable quality or attribute
2. the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
MERIT (verb)
1. be worthy or deserving

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

DESERVE
(7 letters)
IRATE
(5 letters)
RATE
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More USA Today Crossword (8/6/2025) Answers

Across

1. Crockpot meals

6. "That's the spot!"

9. Scoring stat for Caitlin Clark

12. The Polar Express, for one

13. Film genre that's an anagram of an element

15. "___ the Explorer"

16. Fitness practice involving hammocks

18. Works for me!

19. Milk qty.

20. "You startled me!"

22. Eyelid irritation

24. ___ and outs

25. Jeans edges

26. Pride member's pride

28. Helium or hydrogen

30. Cooking liquid

32. Speaker's platform

34. Modify

36. ___ in a lifetime

37. "I'M GONNA LOSE IT!"

40. Poet Juana ___ de la Cruz

41. Arthur ___ Stadium

42. Lots and lots

43. "Oh, another thing," in a text

44. Opposite of "post"

45. 43560 square feet

47. One-named soccer star

49. Hullabaloo

50. Minor complaints to "pick"

54. Attracted lots of attention, say

58. Leia's love interest

59. Privy to

60. Symbol in an "I love you" text

62. 'Jurassic Park' creature, for short

64. Super speedy

65. Snow cone ingredient

66. One of four for Jedi hunter General Grievous

67. Screenplay segment

All Answers

Down

1. Deer old dads?

2. Pet's reward

3. Like an eager party guest, perhaps

4. WarioWare: Smooth Moves console

5. Unexpected problem

6. "Who dares challenge me next?"

7. Features of cobras

8. Word before "jump" or "horse"

9. Mobile game in which you might "catch" Pikachu

10. Laverne Cox or Elliot Page

11. Utters

14. "Barbie" actor Issa

15. Bird symbolizing peace

17. Pork cut

21. Scary TV show with a season titled "Delicate"

23. Radiates

27. Campfire residue

28. Care

29. Enjoyed some gimbap, say

31. Went first

32. Stay calm

33. "Got anything more for us?"

35. Homer Simpson's "Silly me!"

36. Frequently

37. Little lie

38. Place for an AirPod

39. Rowing tool

44. Wasabi ___ (spicy snack bit)

46. Damage, so to speak

48. Fallon's predecessor on "The Tonight Show"

49. It might be snoozed

51. Fingers crossed!

52. Zesty spice mix

53. Like a rude remark

54. Skirt length between mini and maxi

55. __ butter

56. Anjou fruit

57. ___ and ___ towels

61. Apple computer

All Answers