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SOLOWHISTA trick-taking card game whose direct ancestor is the 17th-century Spanish game ombre
DONJUANProtagonist of the 17th-century Spanish play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra ("The Seducer of Seville and the Stone Guest"), attributed to Tirso de Molina (3,4)
MANNBhagwant ____, Indian politician who is the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab (left in the image)
PROGENITORDirect ancestor
PREDECESSOROne's ancestor is a former job holder
FORBEARAncestor is a Boer, far off, maybe? (7)
PICTAn old Scottish ancestor is chosen, we hear (4)
BLOODLINESequence of direct ancestors
OMBREOriginally named after the Spanish word for "man", a trick-taking card game from which bridge derived (5)
ECARTEA trick-taking card game for two players, similar to Whist, with an eponymous discarding phrase (6)
PINOCLEA trick-taking card game like bezique (7)
NAPOLEONA trick- taking card game, akin to Euchre ( 8)
BEZIQUEA trick-taking card game for two (7)
SNEAKIn a trick-taking game, the lead of a singleton in a suit other than trumps
PUTEnglish trick-taking card game that dates from the 16th century (3)
PIQUETAn early 16th-century trick-taking card game for two people played with a reduced deck
TRUMPA card of elevated status in a trick-taking game (5)
PELOTAA Spanish game played in a court with rackets fastened to the hand (6)
EUCHRETrick-taking card game popular in Canada and the USA (6)
NINESTrick-taking card game for thee players with a low score objective (5)