Do a waiter's job

The answer

SERVE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SERVE answer page.

Used 12 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SERVE

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

• Wait on - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Start a set - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Start a tennis game - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Start a tennis match - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Begin a tennis game - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Act the waiter - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Do some waiting - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Tennis term. - used 9 times, most recently in 1996
• Be of use - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Dish up - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Start a match - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Start a volleyball game - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffice - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Badminton opener - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Begin a tennis match - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Start a volley - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Bank job - HEIST, used 73 times
• Time on the job - STINT, used 27 times
• Did a cobbler's job - SOLED, used 26 times
• Did a blacksmith's job - SHOED, used 23 times
• Job reward - RAISE, used 19 times
• Scout's job - RECON, used 18 times

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