| STRUMS | Mr S not quite trumps and plays rather badly (6) |
| ARCANA | Either of the two division of cards (22 trumps and 56 suit cards) in a tarot pack (6) |
| EUCHRE | Card game in which the highest cards are the joker, jack of trumps, and the other jack of the same colour (6) |
| OBORNE | Peter __, journalist and author of The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism (6) |
| AMBANI | Chairman of Reliance Industries expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar in Doha.(Last Name) (6) |
| THATCH | Feature of Trump and PM putting the Queen off (6) |
| ALASKA | Place where Trump and Putin met to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine. (6) |
| STEELE | Christopher __, former MI6 officer whose dossier on Donald Trump and Russia was a feature of the 2016 presidential campaign (6) |
| THRUMS | SMS - In a rut and plays inartistically (6) |
| SPINET | The Northerner takes spite and plays it as of old (6) |
| SWINGS | Ls with it and plays golf (6) |
| SCRIPT | Written copy for the use of performers in films and plays (6) |
| JESTER | Word for a minstrel or reciter of romances; a professional buffoon, clown or court fool; a jeerer, joker or mocker; or, one who generally acts with folly and plays the tomfool (6) |
| AKSHAY | Actor who stars in 'Kesari 2' and plays the role of C Sankaran Nair.(First Name) (6) |
| BARAKA | United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934). |
| ONEMAN | ____ band, a musician who carries and plays many instruments simultaneously (3,3) |
| DEEJAY | Person who announces and plays recorded music |
| ACUTEANGLE | A lovely point of view that’s not quite right? |
| VITRIOLIC | Biting acid that 's not quite freezing (9) |
| THIN | Fine item’s not quite finished |
