| ECARTE | Card game; or, a ballet position (6) |
| TENDU | (Of a ballet position) stretched out or held tautly |
| QUATRE | French for a playing card, domino or side of a die with four pips; or, a ballet sequence for four dancers (6) |
| FACADE | A building's exterior front; a deceptive outward appearance; or, a ballet choreographed by the dance figure described in 28 Across (6) |
| RAIL | Dado-like moulding on which to hang framed pictures; or, a ballet barre (4) |
| BRIDGE | A card game; or, a structure spanning the Rialto in Venice (6) |
| SNAP | Word either for a ginger biscuit or thin; a cold spell; a card game; or, a quick or informal photo (4) |
| HUDDLE | A dense crowd or jumble; an impromptu secret conference; a close gathering of strategising sports players prior to a game; or, a group of penguins or walruses (6) |
| PARTNER | One of a pair of players on the same side in a card game; or, a person with whom one dances (7) |
| OCHRE | A card game; or, a dip-dye style (5) |
| POKER | A card game; or, a fire iron (5) |
| NEWMARKET | What is a betting card game or a famous racecourse? (9) |
| PONTOON | Card game, or a flat-bottomed boat used to form a landing stage (7) |
| OMBRE | Trick-taking card game, or a hair colouring technique (5) |
| BLACK | *Comic actor / *Card game ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| SERIES | Connected succession or set of books, television/radio programmes, coins, stamps, banknotes or games; or, a chronostratigraphic unit (6) |
| RESULT | Word for a consequence; an outcome aimed at; a quantity obtained by calculation; the final score in games; or, a victory/win (6) |
| RAFFLE | An old dice game; or, a lottery for goods rather than money (6) |
| SPADES | Card game or suit |
| HEARTS | Card game or suit |
