A Game of 11 by Glow-worm

Puzzle explanation

The game at 11dn was Chase the Ace. The extra words in clues were in each case a meaning of “ace” along with another word. The unclued entries were noted female tennis players, Chris EVERT, Serena or Venus WILLIAMS and Steffi GRAF. Pam at 1ac was the subject of the quotation from John Betjeman’s Pot Pourri from a Surrey Garden:

Pam, I adore you, Pam, you great big mountainous sports girl,
Whizzing them over the net, full of the strength of five

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Extra words Answer Explanation
Across
1   PAM (Mayha)P A M(ountainous); ref. “Pam, you great big mountainous sports girl”
10   EGOIST EG + IS in OT
12 one (P)oo(R) OMEGA O + GAME *
13   VOR V + OR
15   HOBOISM HM around OBOIS(t)
16   ALOHA (A + homophone of LOW + A) around H
17   NATO (S)(e)NATO(r)(s)
18 outstanding (U)ganda(N) FLYING SQUAD (SQUIDGY FLAN) *
21   CETANE CANE around E(ncampmen)T
24   OLD MASTER (ART MODELS) *
26   HUSSY ((w)H(i)S(k)S (b)Y) around U(nderwear)
29 (T)ensio(N) unit MISSAE MISS + A(irfram)E
31   ELENCH (H)ELEN CH(allenged)
32   GRAPH PAPER RAG * + P + H + PAPER
33   AGE AGE(nda)
35 Paragon (N)ea(R) NOMADIC DOMINICA * − I
37   MORN homophone of MOURN
38   IDES (w)IDES(t)
39   NEIL LIEN <
Down
2   AGON (w)AGON
3   MORAYS MAY around OR + S(ilver)
5 (T)ornad(O) pilot ITCH (b)ITCH
6   ZOOM MOO < after Z
7   IMBRUE (I’M + RUE) around B
8   NEONATE NEON + ATE
9   TASTE S(hakespeare) in TATE
14 (F)ilipin(O) Whit MONDAY (MANY DO) *
19   ALUM-ROOT (MURAL TOO) *
20   ESCAPIST (IS SET) * around CAP
22   ARENA ((cle)ANER A(tmosphere)) <
23 hotshot (A)fghan(I) NARC homophone of NARK
25   RELEVE ((k)EEL (o)VER) *
27 Serve (O)rang(E) PEPINO PEP + IN + O
36   MIS M + IS
37   MIL (fa)MIL(iar)
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