Answer to "Tennis play" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SERVE , but the solution may also be RETURN which is one of the most recent solution (2000 in Newsday).

Tennis play crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SERVE	40 %	5
SMASH	20 %	5
RETURN	20 %	6
LOB	20 %	3

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tennis play

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• serve
• return
• smash
• game
• let
• lob
• replay
• replaying
• service
• services
• servicing
• set

Crossword Answer definitions

SERVE noun

1. An act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play in various games.
2. A portion of food or drink, a serving.

SERVE verb

1. (personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).
2. To treat (someone) in a given manner.
3. To be suitor to; to be the lover of.
4. To be effective.
5. To deliver a document.
6. To lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton etc.
7. To copulate with (of male animals); to cover.
8. To be in military service.
9. To work, to operate (a weapon).
10. To work through (a given period of time in prison, a sentence).
11. To wind spun yarn etc. tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather.
12. To perform (a public obligation).
13. To provide crack cocaine (to), usually by selling, dealing, or distributing.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SERVE

• Ace, maybe
• Fill the bill
• Do a hitch
• Return's precursor?
• Use English, perhaps
• Be a waitron
• Tennis opener
• Send toward Venus, say
• Wait on
• Match initiator

More clues leading to the result SMASH

• Broadway hit
• Hard shot from Sampras
• Type of hit
• Crush
• Flop's opposite
• Big hit
• Huge success
• Big money maker
• Big moneymaker
• Blockbuster

More clues leading to the result RETURN

• Word in many sequel titles
• First word of some sequels
• MacArthur quote ender
• "___ of the Jedi"
• Send back
• Investor's goal
• Typewriter key
• Tax document
• "___ to Oz" (1985 film)
• Boomerang

More clues leading to the result LOB

• Agassi shot
• Arcing shot
• Tennis shot
• High return
• Tennis ploy
• Wimbledon stroke
• High-arching toss
• Toss in the air
• Ask, as a softball question
• Soft pitch