### Clue: Sally makes love with good man in suitable surroundings (7)
### Answer: RIPOSTE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Sally
 [O(the letter signifying 0;love in tennis scores) **plus**(with) ST(abbrev. for "saint", a good man) ] **contained in**(in … surroundings) RIPE(suitable;right;opportune, as in "the time is ripe for action").
Defn: A jocular retort.