Related Clues:

• Not just handed to
• Initialed, perhaps
• Made after taxes
• Rubbed out, in a way
• Gave the go-ahead to
• Gave the nod to
• Didn't deny
• Wiped
• Was worthy of
• Made a profit
• Earned after taxes
• Acquired deservedly
• Part of ERA
• Ratified
• Demagnetized, perhaps