| OPENERA | What professional tennis has been in since 1968 |
| OPEC | Gp. the UAE has been in since '67 |
| LATTEN | Such flat tennis has a tinny look about it (6) |
| BATHTUB | The Great World Championship ___ Race (Boating fans have been 'soaking' it in since 1967 in Nanaimo) |
| DYING | Like my phone that hasn't been plugged in since yesterday morning |
| SCRAPEALIVING | What professional fiddler does just to get by? (6,1,6) |
| DOPE | ___ test (what professional athletes routinely undergo) |
| ATHLETICISM | This climate affected what professional sports people need? (11) |
| PLAYFORMONEY | Gamble, it's what professional sports people do (4,3,5) |
| PROCLAIM | Publish what professional prospector makes? (8) |
| AGIOTAGE | Stockjobbery? I got stuck in since finding time to mature |
| FORTIETH | Birthday hamper in since Thursday |
| PAST | Done in since halving physical training? (4) |
| AEGIS | Say one's in since getting protection (5) |
| INDICES | I would go back in, since reviewing lists (7) |
| RAINY | The days to keep in, since there's little sunshine around (5) |
| NIECES | Family members spelled using only the letters in "since" |
| ASHE | Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1943, Arthur ... won his first title as a professional tennis player in 1970, taking the Australian Open singles |
| ERA | Open __: tennis period since 1968 |
| NAURU | Island in the Pacific and an independent republic since 1968 (5) |