Answer:

ROTS

Answer	Crossword Clue
ROTS	Decays
ROTS	Goes bad
ROTS	Undergoes moral decay

ROTS	Decomposes
ROTS	Putrefies
ROTS	Corrodes
ROTS	Spoils
ROTS	Addles
ROTS	Gets spoiled
ROTS	Doesn't keep
ROTS	Gets inedible

ROTS	Goes off
ROTS	Goes past edible
ROTS	Withers
ROTS	Disintegrates
ROTS	Degenerates
ROTS	Fails to keep
ROTS	Makes a stink?
ROTS	Turns

ROTS	Sours
ROTS	Turns bad
ROTS	Goes to seed
ROTS	Withers on the vine
ROTS	Becomes compost
ROTS	Wastes away
ROTS	Molders
ROTS	Falls apart

ROTS	Molders away
ROTS	Turns into compost
ROTS	Turns to mush
ROTS	Becomes inedible
ROTS	Breaks down, in a way
ROTS	Turns green, maybe
ROTS	Goes sour
ROTS	Turns rancid

ROTS	Deteriorates
ROTS	Falls apart, in a way
ROTS	Seriously deteriorates
ROTS	Languishes
ROTS	Crumbles up

Crossword

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