Tennis tactic

The answer

LOB

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOB answer page.

Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• TOPSPIN (5 uses in xd)
• DROPSHOT (3 uses in xd)
• PASSINGSHOT (1 uses in xd)
• SMASH (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LOB

Every other clue in this collection answered by LOB, most used first.

• Tennis shot - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• High tennis shot - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• High hit - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Tennis stroke - used 40 times, most recently in 2023
• High ball - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Soft toss - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• High return - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Arcing shot - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
• Toss - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Arcing tennis shot - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• High-arcing tennis shot - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Easy toss - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Arced tennis shot - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Easy throw - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• High toss - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Soft throw - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Slow throw - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• High, arcing shot - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Gentle toss - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• High tennis hit - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Soft pitch - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Tennis ploy - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Easy question - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• High-arc shot - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Tennis hit - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Tennis stratagem - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Arcing throw - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Defensive tennis shot - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Easy tennis shot - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• High shot in tennis - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• High throw - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Soft shot - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Toss-up? - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Tennis court divider - NET, used 159 times
• Tennis do-over - LET, used 103 times
• Tennis call - LET, used 80 times
• Tennis unit - SET, used 62 times
• Shriver of tennis - PAM, used 59 times
• Tennis term - LET, used 55 times

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