The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MERITS
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More clues leading to the result MERITS
- Values customer, it seems, in part
- Mass revolutionary anger that Boris ultimately deserves
- Earns millions: small tax returns
- Tinker with remit society values
- Strong points of state prison reviewed
- Deserves half-time, after which excitement mounts
- Setter slowing down solver to begin with has some good points
- Pays for the Reverend's benefits
- Virtues displayed by monarch in swirling mist
- Deserves Mister Wrong
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The straight part
We know that "Strong points" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case strong points = merits.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MERITS mean?
MERITS noun- A claim to commendation or a reward.
- A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
- Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
- The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
- Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
- The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
- To deserve, to earn.
- To be deserving or worthy.
- To reward.