| BRIDGEHAND | The cards held by one of the captain's men? (6,4) |
| IZAAKWALTON | Unknown cards held by one composer - fishy, his success |
| HAND | The cards held in a bridge game (4) |
| FLIGHTATTENDANT | Follower of the captain's orders |
| JACKTHELAD | Card held at random by loud show-off (4,3,3) |
| DRAWBRIDGE | Depict the captain's domain as part of the fortress (10) |
| HANDS | Sets of 13 cards held by players in bridge; pointers on the faces of clocks/ watches; or, the Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director 1986-91 (5) |
| PURSESTRINGS | Prize money going to group of horses coming first at Sandown held by one of those in the bookmaking business (5,7) |
| TRIGGER | Set off first of rockets held by one of Pooh's friends (7) |
| SPEEDAHEAD | Thus went Titanic to the captain's command, like an icebreaker would? (4,5,5) |
| STERNWORDS | Harsh things said behind the captain's back? (5,5) |
| FRANKIE | Singer managed capital held by one of 12 22, yours truly (7,5) |
| STATEELECTION | Vote held by one of 50 |
| 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) |
| HANDBILL | Information sheet shows cards held by William (8) |
| LONELYHEART | Card held by bridge player in need of a partner? |
| HEWITT | Card held by the beaten former Australian tennis star (6) |
| HEARTS | Cards held by lovers (6) |
| NAT | Forename of the captain of the Bolton Wanderers team who won the 1958 FA Cup final |
| KIRK | Surname of the Captain of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek |
