| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| QUALIFIERS | Tournament players. |
| SEEDS | Certain tournament players |
| SEEDED | Like elite tournament players |
| SEEDED | Like some tournament players |
| MUDD | Players' Tournament winner: 1989 |
| SEEDED | Like many tournament players |
| SEEDS | Players ranked in a tournament |
| SEEDS | Top players in a tournament |
| COLLEGES | Source of tournament players for 45A |
| PEETE | 1985 Tournament Players Championship winner Calvin |
| SEEDED | Distributed evenly, as players in a tennis tournament. |
| seeding | schedule (tournament players or teams) so that superior ones will not meet in early rounds |
