| BACCARAT | Casino card game in which two or more punters gamble against a banker (8) |
| DEADHEAT | A race in which two or more competitors finish at the same time (4,4) |
| SCRABBLE | Board-and-tile game in which two to four players compete in forming words with lettered tiles on a 225-square board, like words in a crossword puzzle. (8) |
| TUGOFWAR | Sport and former Olympic Game in which two teams compete or battle with a rope in a test of strength (3,2,3) |
| POWERSTRUGGLE | A situation in which two or more people or groups compete for control in a given sphere (5,8) |
| DEADHEATS | Races or contests in which two or more participants tie for first place (4,5) |
| RESEMBLANCE | A way in which two or more things are alike |
| NANNYSHARE | Arrangement in which two or more families employ the same caregiver for their children |
| PALIMPSEST | A manuscript on which two or more successive texts have been written |
| ECARTE | Old French casino card game with a 32-card playing pack (6) |
| UNIFICATION | The process by which two or more countries join together and become one (11) |
| NIM | A game in which two players take turns to remove coins, matchsticks, stones etc from piles or rows (3) |
| CONKERS | Game in which two people engage in combat with horse chestnuts (7) |
| MONKEYINTHEMIDDLE | Kids' game in which two players toss an object to keep it away from a third |
| ODDS | Game in which two people dare each other to do a task |
| PHARAOH | An Egyptian title, also the former spelling of a casino card game |
| BLACKJACK | Dark-flowered agapanthus, Chelsea Flower of the Year 2023; a casino card game (5,4) |
| BACKGAMMON | Game in which two players move counters around points, trying to remove them from the board |
| BINGO | Game in which "two little ducks" might be called (5) |
| CODENAMES | Party game in which two designated spymasters try to get their teams to guess particular words |
