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Found leading tennis match? (3,2)

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I believe the answer is:

set up

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'leading tennis match?' is the wordplay.
'leading' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'tennis' becomes 'up' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'match?' becomes 'set' (matching is a kind of setting).
'up' after 'set' is 'SET-UP'.

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(Other definitions for set up that I've seen before include "Conspiracy" , "Erect; fix" , "Fool" , "An arrangement designed to trap or cheat" , "Arrangement; trick" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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