| STRAIGHTFLUSH | In poker, five consecutive cards of the same suit (8,5) |
| STRAIGHT | A run of five consecutive cards of any suit in poker; a description of hair without curls or waves; or, the final stretch of a racecourse (8) |
| ROYALFLUSH | A sequence of five cards of the same suit headed by the ace in poker (5,5) |
| TIERCE | Sequence of three cards of the same suit; or, the third of the parrying positions in fencing (6) |
| AQJ | Find out the shorthand used by the players especially in games like Bridge to denote holding a sequence of high-ranking cards of the same suit? (1,1,1) |
| FLUSH | Five cards of the same suit, in poker |
| TERCE | Sequence of three cards of the same suit (in games). |
| KITTY | First name of Charles Spencer's eldest daughter; colloquial word for the jack in bowls; or a pool of money in poker (5) |
| NOB | Jack of the same suit as the starter card, in cribbage |
| QUINT | Sequence of five cards in the same suit in piquet (5) |
| SQUINT | Quick look shows spades - a good run of the same suit |
| BLUFF | Word for a steep cliff, precipitous headland, horse's blinker or clump of trees; or, deceive, hoodwink or mislead, as in poker (5) |
| PROUD | Self-satisfied guy stripped in poker (5) |
| ROYAL | _ flush, highest hand in poker (5) |
| DOUBLETON | In a bridge hand, a holding of two cards in the same suit |
| DEALT | Gave out the cards in a game of poker (5) |
| PAIR | Two playing cards of the same designation in a poker hand; another word for "spectacles" in cricket; or, a boat for two sweep rowers (4) |
| RAISE | Aggressive play in poker. (5) |
| TIERCEMAJOR | An old name for the top three cards in a royal flush, that is, A-K-Q in the same suit* |
| RUMMY | A card game in which players try to collect sets of three or more cards of the same kind (5) |
