Be useful and set ball in play (5) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SERVE Be useful and set ball in play (5) (5)
10% ARCADE Skee-Ball setting (6) Wall Street Journal Sep 8, 2025
9% OVERS Sets of six balls in cricket (5) The Telegraph Mini Nov 3, 2025
9% RUGBY Game played with an oval ball (5) The Telegraph Plusword Oct 24, 2025
9% LAUGHABLE Playing with a huge ball is ridiculous (9) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 20, 2025
9% LENTO Fast ball - play it slowly (5) The Telegraph Cryptic Sep 15, 2025
8% TEE Prop for a ball (3) New York Times Nov 5, 2025
8% SKEE -- -Ball (4) Premier Sunday Nov 2, 2025
8% PROM Ball for grads (4) Premier Sunday Nov 2, 2025
8% YARN Knitter's ball (4)
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