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Take care of when ballboys need to give out balls? (8)

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preserve

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(Other definitions for preserve that I've seen before include "Guard" , "Prevent from rotting" , "Maintain; keep safe" , "Maintain - jam" , "Keep from decay in perverse way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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