| ACEINTHEHOLE | Desirable situation in a stud game, an expression that has passed into general usage as an advantage |
| ACDC | Dual-usage, as an appliance |
| WIRED | Having a pair as one's starting cards in a stud game* |
| DECEITFUL | Cited fuel usage as false (9) |
| IDIOM | Expression that has a figurative meaning separate to the literal definition of its constituent words (5) |
| ACEUPTHESLEEVE | Cheating maneuver (term that has entered general usage)* |
| HOSBU | One w_ _'_ _ _rned bridges (wartime expression that has come to mean one who's cut off connections/roads of retreat) |
| INGENUE | In general usage, heartless or artless girl (7) |
| PER | Through, prep. + acc. (multifarious usages, as in English) |
| FISH | A flat piece of bone as a counter in a game; an informal word for a torpedo; or, an ichthys or one of a pair of piscis represented in the constellation or zodiacal water sign Pisces (4) |
| AHEADSTART | In translation, read that as an advantage in 1, for example (1,4,5) |
| SCOT | Word for an old tax that is used in an expression that means "free from injury, penalty or punishment" (4) |
| DORMY | Situation in a golf match where a player is winning by as many holes as are left to play (5) |
| CHAUVET | The oldest cave discovered in southern France (so far) has been tentatively dated to 32,000 years ago, though its age is debated. It depicts predators such as lions and panthers as well as non-game an |
| KEEPITORSHOVEIT | Home stud game, sometimes called "push," in which each player has a choice on the next card* |
| HEIRLOOM | A valuable object belonging to a family that has passed on to successive generations (8) |
| ROPES | Word for the cords, guys, lines, stays or tethers that dab hands are said to "know", in an expression that harks back to the days of sailing ships and sailors' skills in tying knots (5) |
| CLICHES | An expression that is so overused that it has lost its effectiveness (7) |
| METAPHOR | A figure of speech in which an expression that usually designates one thing is used to designate another (8) |
| TRAILS | Succession of marks left by a person or animal that has passed (6) |
