Shanks, as a tennis ball Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

TENNIS (noun)
1. a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
BALL (noun)
1. a lavish dance requiring formal attire
2. United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)
BALL (verb)
1. form into a ball by winding or rolling

More New Yorker Crossword (6/30/2026) Answers

Across

1. Intersect, like the lines in gingham or plaid

11. Exam taken by many H.S. juniors

15. From here on out

16. One may be apparent or presumptive

17. “Love Me Not” singer

18. “I must not have gotten the ___”

19. Mononymous folk musician who sang “Oh, Freedom” at the March on Washington

20. Like wood that’s been patterned to resemble mollusk shells

24. On cloud nine

25. Extremely vivid

26. Passe

27. Some characters in the Colorado-set show “Resident Alien”

28. Flavor assessor

30. Change made to a car or a video game, for short

31. Source of a curveball

33. Metric ruler units: Abbr.

36. California's ___ Tree National Park

37. "That really sticks in my ___!"

38. Contradict

39. Actress Jones who co-directed the 2018 documentary “Quincy”

42. Gold count

43. Contented

44. “We got this, y’all!”

46. Went separate ways

47. Not post-

48. Not front

50. With no particular intention

51. "Is it just me …?"

52. Mates of bucks

53. Nostalgic jazz standard composed by Jerome Kern

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Down

1. Element found in some metallic plating

2. Take as being more significant than intended

3. Bought in, emotionally or financially

4. Reapers’ implements with curved blades

5. Submitted

6. Notes equivalent to Bs

7. Sushi topping

8. "Deal __ Deal"

9. Kept one’s mind in good shape

10. “I was expecting her a while ago”

11. Instrument for gauging alkalinity

12. Be consumed with fury

13. Looked pointedly?

14. Stepped

21. Starchy ingredient, informally

23. Give some introductory context

29. Lead-in to pressure or puncture

31. Beverage brand whose mascot is a white bear

32. Start of a request for permission

33. Comic Alonzo with the 2025 standup special “Upper Classy”

34. Simplified

35. Wraps tightly in a blanket

36. Heap in a sports team’s laundry room

37. Like a Pittsburgh-rare steak

38. Face-off

40. Skiing category that includes downhill and slalom

41. Single-___ (vehicle with room for just one)

42. Martial art with wooden swords

44. Set down

45. Items that may jangle in pockets

49. Dispensary stock

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