Cryptic crossword clue
Pip one of the favourites at Wimbledon? 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SEED

I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "Pip/one of the favourites at Wimbledon?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pip/one of the favourites at wimbledon? = seed.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SEED mean?

SEED noun
  1. A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
  2. Any small seed-like fruit.
  3. Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
  4. (collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
  5. A fragment of coral.
  6. Semen.
  7. A precursor.
  8. The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
  9. Offspring, descendants, progeny.
  10. Race; generation; birth.
  11. A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
SEED verb
  1. To plant or sow an area with seeds.
  2. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
  3. To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
  4. To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
  5. To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
  6. To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final or final.
  7. To produce seed.
  8. To grow to maturity.
  9. To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
SEED verb
  1. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
  2. To form a mental picture of.
  3. (social) To meet, to visit.
  4. To be the setting or time of.
  5. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
  6. To wait upon; attend, escort.
  7. To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
  8. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
  9. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
  10. To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative.
  11. To include as one of something's experiences.

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