The Clue
Scholarship criterion (5 letter answer)
The Answer
MERIT
Tags
Notes
The answer MERIT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
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___ badge
Deserve
Earn
Excellence
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Rate
Virtue
Worth
Basis for promotion
Have coming
Kind of badge
Kind of raise
Kind of scholarship
Kind of system
Laudable quality
Part of N.M.S.Q.T.
Reason for a badge
Reason for a raise
Type of badge
Alternative to Virginia Slims
Basis of a scout badge
Basis of a Scouting badge
Boy Scout badge
Boy Scout's ___ badge
Good reason for promotion
Kind of badge for a scout
Like some raises
Promotion basis, sometimes
___ badge, boy scout's award
Kind of badge for a Boy Scout
Brand introduced by Philip Morris in 1975
Definition
MERIT as a noun:
1. (merit, virtue) = any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit"
2. (deservingness, merit, meritoriousness) = the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
MERIT as a verb:
1. (deserve, merit) = be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"