| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| SEMIS | Certain tournament round |
| QUARTERFINALIST | Player in a certain tournament round. |
| SEMIFINAL | Tournament round |
| LEG | Tournament round. |
| SEMIS | Tournament round |
| BYES | Tournament-round passes |
| SEMIS | Tournament round before the finals |
| ELIM | Kind of tournament round, briefly |
| SEMIS | One round at a tournament |
| BYE | Unplayed round of a tournament. |
| THESEMIS | Caption for a tournament round of four |
| ELIM | Kind of round in a tournament, informally |
| RESEED | Adjust a tournament bracket in the second round, perhaps |
| EKES | Squeezes (by), as to the next round of a tournament |
| PLAYIN | Opening-round game of the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament |
