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Detectives appear in new tennis events (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incidents

'events' is the definition.
(incident is a kind of event)

'detectives appear in new tennis' is the wordplay.
'detectives' becomes 'CID' (abbreviation for Criminal Investigation Department).
'appear in' indicates putting letters inside.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'tennis' is an anagram of 'inents'.
'cid' inserted into 'inents' is 'INCIDENTS'.

(Another definition for incidents that I've seen is " Things that happen".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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