| NORTHAND | Fifty per cent of bridge players are Poles. (5,3,5) |
| SOUTH | Fifty per cent of bridge players are Poles. (5,3,5) |
| NONSEXIST | No bridge players are unaffected by gender (3-6) |
| OPTIONALEXTRA | Discretionary supplement in tax rate, 50 per cent of loophole being abused |
| GLASSHALFFULL | Optimistic view taken when 50 per cent of drink has gone (5,4,4) |
| HALFTHEBATTLE | 50 per cent of fighting that's the key to success (4,3,6) |
| ARENA | Aeroplanes are poles apart from field of conflict (5) |
| SLOPE | They are poles apart on the gradient (5) |
| SEDANCHAIR | Its carriers are poles apart (5,5) |
| ALIENS | The French are poles apart that is with these 'beings'! (6) |
| MAGNET | Provides great attraction for those who are poles apart (6) |
| EVERYWHERE | Remarkably, taken in by pair of bridge players present throughout (10) |
| TRANSACT | Conduct a couple of bridge players into area (8) |
| FOUR | Set of bridge players? (4) |
| BREW | British pair of bridge players making tea? (4) |
| GOFOR | Like game with group of bridge players, we hear (2,3) |
| CENSOR | Bleep out exclamation about most of bridge players |
| ERASER | Rubber of bridge players put in unusual on reflection |
| ANEW | A trio of bridge players once more (4) |
| ANSWER | A quartet of bridge players given right to respond (6) |
