Answer: BACKSPIN
The answer BACKSPIN has 27 possible clues. See the results below.
Possible Clues:
- It may be applied to a tennis ball
- English, maybe
- Ball's rotation
- Golf-shot effect
- Recoil at political bias employed by one who serves?
- It slows or reverses a ball's forward motion
- Rough picks in bar from cricket movement
- Step 5: Feature of a slice in tennis
- Champion's to make fast turn of tennis ball, say
- Supports leg movement achieved by some potters
Last seen in:
- The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 3,102 - Jul 26 2023
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,873 - Sep 27 2022
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28330
- Wall Street Journal - Apr 21 2022 - Stop Gap
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27833
- New York Times - Nov 17 2020
- The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,020 - May 15 2018
- Wall Street Journal - Feb 6 2018 - Autocorrection
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 27,923 - Oct 3 2015
- The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26156 - July 21, 2015