### Clue: Laver, maybe, put dread into top player (7)
### Answer: SEAWEED 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Laver, maybe
Laver is a type of edible seaweed [and in the surface reading, Rod Laver is a tennis player]
 **AWE**="dread" inside **SEED**=someone put into the upper brackets of a tournament="top player"