| SEEDED | Ranked, in a tournament |
| SEEDS | Players ranked in a tournament |
| FINAL | The last in a series of something such as acts in a play, exams in a curriculum, letters in a word or games in a tournament; or, the concluding pitch of a modal melody in music (5) |
| TIARA | Headgear, in absentia, ranked in the middle (5) |
| HIERARCHY | A body of persons or things ranked in grades (9) |
| SPEED | Narcotic paraphernalia initially concealed by one ranked in tournament |
| ADRIAN | Male name of Greek and Roman origin, ranked in the top 1000 boys" names in the US since 1900 (6) |
| DARKENED | Ranked in order before editor became angry (8) |
| DAN | Poet's title ranked in judo (3) |
| NEEDS | Things ranked in Abraham Maslow's hierarchy |
| GRIGORDIMITROV | The only male Bulgarian tennis player to have been ranked in the ATP singles top ten |
| FINALSCORE | Falconer, who is ranked in the last 20? (5,5) |
| VITAE | The last game, race or round in a tournament, or exam in a curriculum (5) |
| SEED | A top tennis player given a ranking in a tournament (4) |
| FIRSTSEED | Top-ranked player in a tournament |
| ONESEED | Top-ranked team in a tournament bracket |
| EXCEEDED | Former partner, ranked highly in a tournament, soundly beaten (8) |
| RACE | Consolidate chips, in a tournament* |
| ELIM | Kind of round in a tournament, informally |
| ENTRY | Participation in a tournament* |
