Start a set

The answer

SERVE

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

Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 8 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 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 a waiter's job - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• 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.

• Start - ONSET, used 209 times
• Set straight - ALIGN, used 96 times
• Musical set in Argentina - EVITA, used 91 times
• All set - READY, used 66 times
• Set of principles - ETHIC, used 45 times
• Set free - UNTIE, used 44 times

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