| KNAVES | Term for cunning untrustworthy men or playing cards ranking between a queen and a ten |
| QUEENS | Most-powerful chess pieces; female cats; or, playing cards ranking between kings and jacks (6) |
| QUEEN | Playing card ranking between a king and jack (5) |
| FIFTYDOLLARJILL | What conceited Jill gives for two 20s and a 10? |
| KNAVE | Cunning untrustworthy man |
| TENACE | In bridge, whist etc, a pair of high cards ranking above and below a card held by an opponent, e.g. a jack and a king (6) |
| HOERS | Inconsiderate or untrustworthy men (5) |
| DEUCE | The two on dice or playing cards |
| CADS | Untrustworthy men |
| ENGINE | From the Latin meaning "talent, device", a word for cunning or genius; a weapon such as a ballista, battering ram or scorpion; or, a car's motor (6) |
| COLONEL | An officer ranking between a brigadier and a lieutenant colonel in land and air forces (7) |
| EARL | In the British Isles, a nobleman ranking between a marquess and a viscount (4) |
| MUBARAK | In uprising, king, a queen and a poor old African leader (7) |
| AQABA | Port a queen and a bishop accepted |
| KITTEN | Offspring of a queen and a tom |
| ANNEAL | How to soften a queen and a gangster (6) |
| STRAIGHT | Poker hand ranking between a flush and three of a kind |
| AMPERSAND | Member of the House of Commons and the Queen, and a state leader, and... And... (9) |
| SASH | Ceremonial ribbon or band symbolically connecting a reigning queen and a beauty pageant queen (4) |
| HERALD | A messenger; a harbinger; or, an officer of arms ranking between pursuivant and king of arms (6) |
