| SEEDED | Ranked in the top sixteen at Wimbledon. perhaps? |
| TENNISRACKET | Sporting equipment (making an unpleasant noise at Wimbledon, perhaps?) (6,6) |
| ADRIAN | Male name of Greek and Roman origin, ranked in the top 1000 boys" names in the US since 1900 (6) |
| SEEDING | The ___ committee : it names the top sixteen players of a major tournament? |
| COMMON | Mundane as Wimbledon, perhaps? (11) |
| LIVE | and 5 Down: What may be vile, or evil, and coming from Wimbledon perhaps? (4,9) |
| GRIGORDIMITROV | The only male Bulgarian tennis player to have been ranked in the ATP singles top ten |
| TIARA | Headgear, in absentia, ranked in the middle (5) |
| SETDOWN | Record player's position at Wimbledon, perhaps |
| LAWNTENNIS | Entails NNW players at Wimbledon perhaps (4,6) |
| FINALSCORE | Falconer, who is ranked in the last 20? (5,5) |
| TOPSPIN | English at Wimbledon, perhaps |
| ASS | Jenny, perhaps, in the role of 16 at last |
| LENAHORNE | Her musical career started at age 16 at the Cotton Club |
| EXISTENCE | About sixteen at church - miserable living! |
| INEXTENSO | Moving on sixteen at full length (2,7) |
| DEWLAP | Friend we would back may, at a stretch, be 16 at the front? (6) |
| COURT | Centre of Wimbledon, perhaps (5) |
| COMMONPLACE | Ordinary like Wimbledon perhaps (11) |
| AMPS | Young animal has a change in 16 at some stage (4) |
