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Reaches Agreement About Former Tennis Player Keeping Dry Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SETTLES which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: SETTLES

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199%7Exact Match!
242%12 This tennis player's mother was a professional tennis player as well
338%11 Action in tennis where a player reaches over the net to block a shot before it crosses over to their side

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We think the answer is "SETTLES" which means:

    noun
  • • A long wooden bench with a back
  • verb
  • • Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
  • • Bring to an end; settle conclusively
  • • Settle conclusively; come to terms
  • • Take up residence and become established
  • • Come to terms
  • • Go under
  • • Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
  • • Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
  • • Establish or develop as a residence
  • • Come to rest
  • • Arrange or fix in the desired order
  • • Accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
  • • End a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
  • • Dispose of; make a financial settlement
  • • Become clear by the sinking of particles
  • • Cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
  • • Sink down or precipitate
  • • Fix firmly
  • • Get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
  • • Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
  • • Form a community
  • • Come as if by falling

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He settles into his favorite armchair and begins reading."
  • • "The dust settles on the furniture after the renovation."

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Telegraph Cryptic25 Jul 2023 Down 8
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