| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| WORTH | Merit | |
| DESERVE | Merit | |
| EARN | Merit | |
| WORTHLESS | Without merit | |
| WORTHY | Having merit | |
| MERITED | Of Merit | |
| MERITING | Of Merit | |
| DESERVING | Desert; merit. | |
| OVERMERIT | Excessive merit. | |
| ACCOLADES | Awards for merit | |
| CONDIGNLY | According to merit. | |
| MERITEDLY | By merit; deservedly. | |
| MEED | Merit or desert; worth. | |
| MEEDFULLY | According to merit; suitably. | |
| EARNED | Bestowed or given by merit | |
| VALUE | Merit in displaying market price | |
| VIRTUE | Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth. | |
| PREMERIT | To merit or deserve beforehand. | |
| AIRWORTHINESS | Broadcast on merit of plane’s safety | |
| PROMERIT | To deserve; to procure by merit. | |
| MERITMONGER | One who depends on merit for salvation. | |
| ABANDONED | Faulty one-armed bandit, having no merit, was discarded | |
| POORLY | Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly. | |
| GUDGEON | What may be got without skill or merit. | |
| IDIOM | Order of merit for Mr Amin in characteristic style | |