| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| HEATS | Some elimination rounds |
| SEMIS | Elimination rounds |
| shakeout | elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality |
| AMMO | Some rounds |
| SUNG | Like some rounds |
| BOXED | Made some rounds? |
| SPAR | Do some practice rounds |
| RANATAB | Bought some rounds, say |
| ELIMS | Some tournament rounds, informally |
| CATCHESTHEBUOYS | Rounds up some drifting channel markers? |
