Related Clues:

• 55-across, in other words?
• Gives the OK
• Frees from suspicion
• Approves, briefly
• Accepts a proposal
• Blesses
• Gives approval
• Permissions
• Verbal stamps of approval
• Authorizations
• Consents to
• Brief endorsements
• Gives the thumbs-up
• Initials, perhaps
• Thumbs-ups