The Clue
One of Borg's rivals (5 letter answer)
The Answer
LAVER
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Notes
The answer LAVER is uncommon, appearing about once every 425 puzzles.
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Definition
LAVER as a noun:
1. (Laver, Rod Laver, Rodney George Laver) = Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938)
2. (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions
3. (red laver, laver) = edible red seaweeds
4. (sea lettuce, laver) = seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds