| ORLOP | Retro game incorporating third of cards in deck |
| GOALS | Aims to work backwards, incorporating third draft |
| ACES | High cards in deck |
| CREASED | Stopped snatching third of cards, and folded |
| UNDEALT | Not fine, flaunted, displaying cards in deck like so (7) |
| ZEUGMA | Last character played game, incorporating universal figure of speech (6) |
| RUN | Word for a gallop or jog that also means an upstream migration of salmon, a roulade, an enclosure for chickens, a score of one in cricket or a sequence of cards in one suit (3) |
| LAYOUT | The arrangement or plan of something ; the format of a printed page; a formation of cards in patience; or, a configuration of dominoes (6) |
| SPADES | The highest-ranking suit of cards in the game of bridge (6) |
| DELAYER | Game incorporating situation that's a hindrance |
| EDIFICE | On-line gambling game incorporating Formula One's structure |
| NIOBIUM | Age-old game incorporating witchcraft and upper-class element (7) |
| TAROT | Committed socialist hiding ace in deck of cards (5) |
| CHEST | Community ___; name of one of the two sets of cards in Monopoly with special instructions (5) |
| BOUQUET | Large posy; aroma of wine; a compliment; or, the reserve of cards in the game Flower Garden (7) |
| TRICK | Heraldic sketch of a coat of arms with tinctures (colours) indicated by letters or signs; an illusory, magical or puzzling feat or device; or, a sequence of cards in bridge (5) |
| CRIBBAGE | A game of cards in which players try to win a set number of points before their opponents (8) |
| LII | Number of cards in a "pons"deck |
| ODD | Like the number of cards in an Old Maid deck |
| OMBRE | A game of cards in a room brewers provide (5) |