| UNDEROVER | Dice game in which players bet on whether the outcome will be below or above seven |
| POKER | Card game in which players bet on the value of their hands (5) |
| SPREADBETTING | Type of gambling based on whether the price of an asset will rise or fall (6,7) |
| SCAPEGOATS | I will be below top in school tests - these are to blame |
| RIOTOUS | Is out, or outcome will be turbulent (7) |
| PAYOFF | The outcome will justify itself without a hyphen (3-3) |
| ALKALI | Substance with a pH above seven |
| BEETLE | A coleopteran such as a devil's coach-horse, firefly, glow-worm, ladybird or rose chafer; or, a dice game in which a picture of said insect is gradually drawn or assembled (6) |
| CRAPS | Gambling dice game in which a throw of 7 or 11 wins |
| YAHTZEE | Pencil-and-paper dice game in which a set of five dice are rolled to obtain any of 13 different combinations. (7) |
| BACKROW | Third-rank rugby players bet on racket (4,3) |
| TRICK | Hoax that card players bet on (5) |
| FARO | Game in which players bet against the dealer on the order in which cards will appear (4) |
| BACCARAT | Card game in which players bet against the banker (8) |
| KEEPITORSHOVEIT | Home game version of stud in which players have a choice on whether to retain or pass to the left ea |
| ROULETTE | Gambling game in which players bet (8) |
| ELBOW | It's in the middle of the arm or could be below (5) |
| UNDERCUT | The act of chopping below or slashing a price; a notch in a tree trunk to direct its fall; an upward blow; or, the tenderloin/fillet of a sirloin of beef (8) |
| HESITATE | Be in doubt as to whether the tea is to be stirred (8) |
| JERRYGARCIA | In a 2020 constable race in Texas, an incumbent of this name defeated a same-named rival who was recruited in what was called a dirty trick; no word on whether either plays guitar |
