Offered a ballpark figure that sporting teams tied (9)
I believe the answer is:
estimated
'offered a ballpark figure' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'sporting teams tied' is the wordplay.
'sporting' indicates an anagram.
'teams'+'tied'='teamstied'
'teamstied' anagrammed gives 'ESTIMATED'.
'that' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for estimated that I've seen before include "Judged roughly" , "Approximated, reckoned" , "Guessed" , "Worked out" , "Calculated roughly" .)