| Start the tennis game | 21 |
| Start a volley | 14 |
| Start a rally | 13 |
| Start a match | 13 |
| Put out, as dinner | 18 |
| One of a tennis pair | 20 |
| Go for an ace, maybe | 20 |
| Wait on tables | 14 |
| Volunteer for the Peace Corps, say | 34 |
| Tennis start | 12 |
| Tennis opener | 13 |
| Tennis offering | 15 |
| Start the tennis match | 22 |
| Start the point | 15 |
| Start the match | 15 |
| Start the game, perhaps | 23 |
| Start tennis or dinner | 22 |
| Start of a tennis match | 23 |
| Start a volleyball game | 23 |
| Start a point | 13 |
| Start a game, in a way | 22 |
| Start a game with Graf | 22 |
| Serena specialty | 16 |
| Send toward Venus, say | 22 |
| Sampras asset | 13 |
| Roscoe Tanner's strong point | 32 |
| Roscoe Tanner's cannonball | 30 |
| Rocket from Roddick | 19 |
| Put on the soup | 15 |
| Put in time | 11 |
| Put in play | 11 |
| Put a tennis ball in play | 25 |
| Open a tennis match | 19 |
| One of Evert's fortes | 25 |
| Newcombe's forte | 20 |
| Match opener | 12 |
| Match initiator | 15 |
| Join the Peace Corps, say | 25 |
| Hope for an ace | 15 |
| Game opener, sometimes | 22 |
| Emulate a waiter | 16 |
| Do time | 7 |
| Do the duty | 11 |
| Do duty as a soldier | 20 |
| Do a hitch in the military | 26 |
| Dish up or dish out, e.g. | 25 |
| Dish out food | 13 |
| Dish (up) | 9 |
| Deliver, as a summons | 21 |
| Coward's "In Which We ___" | 40 |
| Court starter | 13 |
| Contribute to the cause | 23 |
| Come in handy | 13 |
| Cater | 5 |
| Bring to the supper table | 25 |
| Bring to the dinner table | 25 |
| Bring out a meal | 16 |
| Boris Becker "boomer" | 31 |
| Borg's initial blast | 24 |
| Best part of Ivanisevic's game | 34 |
| Begin tennis | 12 |
| Begin a tennis match | 20 |
| Be in the Army | 14 |
| Answer a purpose | 16 |
| An ace is one | 13 |
| A Becker boomer | 15 |
| "They also ___ . . . " | 32 |
| "In Which We ___," 1942 film | 38 |
| Was adequate | 12 |
| Started the set | 15 |
| Started a tennis match | 22 |
| Put the ball in play | 20 |
| Put some chips on the table? | 28 |
| Like tennis balls and dinners | 29 |
| Filled the bill | 15 |
| Dished up | 9 |
| ...so the chef got a job as a grammarian, but he... | 51 |
| Offer a Thanksgiving Day highlight | 34 |
| Wait on a knight? | 17 |
| Eat at a buffet, say | 20 |
| Complete, as a Senate term | 26 |
| Waitress, e.g. | 14 |
| Sysop concern | 13 |
| Acolyte or credenza | 19 |
| Waitron | 7 |
| Waitperson | 10 |
| Tea cart | 8 |
| Steam table attendant | 21 |
| Sommelier, e.g. | 15 |
| Internet computer | 17 |
| Hacker's concentration | 26 |
| Carhop, e.g. | 12 |
| Tips from the tennis pro? | 25 |
| Internet computers | 18 |
| Waiters | 7 |
| Waitstaff members | 17 |
| Waitstaff | 9 |
| Waitrons | 8 |
| Waiters, e.g. | 13 |
| They wait for money | 19 |