| OVERBID | If you do this in bridge, your opponents will almost certainly score 50 or more points above the line |
| SLAM | In bridge this is worth at least 500 points above the line |
| ANSWERS | A cardinal points above the tops of Rome's skyline, thereby responds |
| PLAYFORKEEPS | You might lose your marbles if you do this in Hamlet and supporting parts in Castles (4,3,5) |
| MAURICERICHARD | Canadian ice hockey player who was the first to score 50 goals in one season and the first to score 500 goals in a career |
| SKI | Can you do this in the Catskill mountains? (3) |
| INSOLVENCY | Lacking funds, you do this in hostelry, clearly gutted (10) |
| HASSLE | Bother to score 50 in Ashes debacle (6) |
| THOUSAND | Hasn't duo worked out score 50 times? (8) |
| REPAYALOAN | Presumably, someone will lose interest if you do this? You might have to do it to keep a shark happy! (5,1,4) |
| MONARCH | Meaning "alone" and "to rule", an emperor, king or queen; the milkweed butterfly migrating some 3,000 miles; or, a stag with 16 or more points (7) |
| ERNIE | With luck, he may send you £50 or more (5) |
| LETGOTHEREINS | Give up, as nag will do what she wants if you do this (3,2,3,5) |
| OPENACANOFWORMS | Uncover more problems if you do this to feed the early bird (4,1,3,2,5) |
| ULTRAMARATHON | Footrace of 50 or more miles |
| AARP | 50 or more letters? |
| ATALOSSFORWORDS | It's game night, and you're on a roll! You started with Scrabble, but your opponents were ... |
| POLLINGSTATION | A building in which political opponents will get cross more than once (7,7) |
| VOTE | You'll have to leave if you do this with your feet |
| KNOWTHEROPES | If you do this, will you get knotted? (4,3,5) |
