| 20 answers for: Tricky tennis returns, and a hint to the starts of... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| DROPSHOTS | Tricky tennis returns, and a hint to the starts of 3-, 7-, 9- and 24-Down |
| ACUTABOVE | Superior to ... and what can go with the starts of 3-, 7-, 9- and 24- |
| SONNET | I ignored tennis return and instead wrote love poem (6) |
| EMILYBLUNT | English actress whose films include The Girl on the Train, Mary Poppins Returns and A Quiet Place |
| MARATHON | Sheep returns and a python heads off on a long run (8) |
| DROPSHOT | Tricky tennis stroke |
| DROP | Tricky tennis stroke |
| FIGUREHEAD | Ship's bow decoration ... and, literally, the first word of 3-, 9- and 24-Down |
| DATABACKUP | Prudent action suggested by last parts of 16-Across and 9- and 24-Down |
| NOTHINGTOHIDE | "I've told you everything!" - and a hint to what's embedded in 4-, 7-, 9-, and 33- Down |
| DOWNWARDDOG | Popular yoga pose ... or a literal hint to the ends of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down |
| SNOWCAPPED | Like alpine peaks ... or what each half of 3-, 7-, 9-, 37- |
| OVERSLEPT | Missed alarm as a result of those faced by 9 and 24/26 - permit to include its first (9) |
| CAPSIZE | Tip over, and a phonetic hint to the starts of 3-, 7-, 8- and 20-Down |
| WHATCHAUPTO | "Anything fun on the agenda today?," or a hint to the starts of 3-, 7-, 21-, and 29-Down |
| HIGHHOLIDAYS | Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur . . . and a feature of 3-, 7-, 9-, and 20-Down? |
| PLAYERLISTS | Game rosters, one of which is formed by the starts of three long answers in this puzzle? |
| NEWSPAPERCOLUMN | Place to express an opinion ... or a literal description of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down? |
| ITSUPTOYOU | "Isn't my place to decide," or, spoken aloud, a component of 3-, 7-, 9- and 27-Down |
| HIJINKS | Pranks and tomfoolery, and a phonetic and positional hint to the starts of 3-, 5-, 9- and 11-Down |
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