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10a. Wimbledon champion conserving energy in places (6)
I have V?N?E?
I'm not sure about the N, it is from:
7d. Theme for a male singer (5)
I think Tenor, but cannot explain

wombat

Venues. Venus(Williams) with E for energy.

Terry
absolutely
I've been round in circles on this one
Thanks

wombat

Chambers gives several meanings of "tenor" among them are general purport, drift, the subject referred to by a metaphor, etc, etc.

Can I check 16d with anyone? The clue is The Royal Navy in dance ready right away for this. I thought 'Hornpipe' but I have Soweto for 23a which gives me an o where the i of pipe should be. Which clue have I got wrong?

Hornpipe looks right.

RN (Royal Navy) in HOP(dance)+ IPE (Ripe{ready} without the R{right}).

I have sent the crossword in so can't remember what 23 across was but I know it wasn't Soweto. If you let me know perhaps I can help as I also got Hornpipe

Me again. I think I've remembered that I got Somali for 23 across

Thanks AJT for the explanation for tenor (and Terry for confirmation of the logic behind hornpipe) and I agree with you Julia that
23a. West African country is following South African (6), leads to Somali
wombat