| MISERE | In card games such as solo whist, a call declaring that a hand will win no tricks |
| AYEAYE | Indication that a hand will obey |
| HOTDOG | Frankly speaking: In 2016, Merrriam-Webster settled a friendly debate by declaring that a ___ is, indeed, a sandwich |
| TRICK | In card games such as contract bridge and whist, the cards played and won (taken) in a round (5) |
| DOUBLETON | In card games such as bridge, a holding of exactly two cards in a suit |
| RUMMY | A word for an odd peculiar person; a dipsomaniac, toper or winebibber; or, a card game, such as gin (5) |
| HELP | "Give me a hand, will you" |
| APAL | "Be ___" ("Give me a hand, will ya?") |
| DUMMY | An imaginary player at whist; a copy, mock-up or sham; a mannequin, puppet, ventriloquist's doll or waxwork; or, a baby's Binky, aka pacifier (5) |
| WHITSUN | Play whist - a French form - at Pentecost (7) |
| ATARI | Company which pioneered video games in the 70s and 80s with games such as Asteroids and Pong. (5) |
| ABUNDANCE | A bid by a player to take nine or more tricks in solo whist (9) |
| SOLITAIRE | From the Latin for "alone", a game such as pegboard or patience for one player; an extinct swan-sized flightless pigeon; a single diamond or other gem in a setting; or, a recluse (9) |
| BOWLING | Action performed in cricket and lawn games such as bocce or petanque (7) |
| CASINO | A building or room where gambling games such as roulette are played (6) |
| TOUCHLINE | Either of the markings at the side of the playing area in certain games, such as rugby (9) |
| KONAMI | Japanese video games developer behind games such as 'Frogger' and 'Track & Field' (6) |
| PEGBOARD | A perforated device for keeping score in a game such as cribbage; a similar larger contrivance for display; or, another name for solitaire (8) |
| UMPIRE | Adjudicator in games such as cricket, tennis etc (6) |
| TILES | Playing pieces in games such as mah-jong (5) |
