Crossword Clue:

Closer to maturity

Answer	Crossword Clue
RIPER	Closer to maturity
REAR	Bring to maturity.
RIPENED	Came to maturity

RIPEN	Come to maturity
RIPENS	Comes to maturity
AGES	Brings to maturity.
REAR	Bring to maturity
REARED	Brought to maturity
RIPENED	Came to maturity.
RIPEN	Grow to maturity
AGED	Brought to maturity

RIPENING	Coming to maturity
RIPEN	Bring to maturity
AGED	Brought to desired maturity
AGECLASSES	Groups rated according to maturity.
RIPEN	Bring to maturity, on the vine
BONDS	They might take years to reach maturity
TNOTE	Investment with a 2- to 10-yr. maturity
TBONDS	They take a long time to reach maturity

TNOTE	It takes up to ten years to reach maturity
TNOTE	It takes up to 10 yrs. to reach maturity
AGE	"A very high price to pay for maturity," per Tom Stoppard
BILDUNGSROMAN	Word that means "a novel that traces the psychological development of a protagonist from childhood to maturity" (13)