Allowed to imitate the top tournament players? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ceded
'allowed' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with ownership as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ceded that I've seen before include "Gave up (power)" , "Granted" , "Given up" , "Conceded or gave up" , "'Yielded, gave way (5)'" .)