| SPOKESPERSON | The voice of many bridge partners receiving strange insight into card game thus (12) |
| SIRI | Voice of many smartphones |
| SHIPS | Many bridges are built high enough to accommodate these. |
| PEGS | Word for pins or bolts of wood, thus wooden legs or teeth; or, spillikins whose final positions on cribbage-boards signify the end of the game, thus metaphorically the end of life (4) |
| CAROM | From the name of the red ball in billiards, word for a cannon in said game, thus any ricochet or rebound (5) |
| ACE | The highest-ranking playing card in many games, thus, through the former's suggestion of excellence, a word for an expert pilot or other pro (3) |
| WHILST | During the time that learner gets into card game |
| BEVERIDGE | Noted economist, a lady, cuts into card-game (9) |
| POKER | Prod right into card game (5) |
| FLOODLIT | Evening games thus given full coverage |
| HARECOURSING | A once-legal form of hunting brings universal insight into horse racing, curiously (4,8) |
| PERSPICACITY | Insight into and understanding of things |
| BIRDSEYEVIEW | Summary inaccurately revised by international bridge partners (5,3,4) |
| EPIPHANY | A sudden revelation or insight into the nature or meaning of something (8) |
| LINERNOTE | Source of insight into some lyrics, in the CD era |
| CONNINGTOWER | Part-time bridge partners in mounting corruption, cheating initially |
| ISU | Some visual insight into the ISSF of old (3) |
| GAUTAM | India head coach providing rare insights into the mindset driving the current Indian team for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026.(first name) (6) |
| ALMANAC | Looking back, is able to contact a Northern politician for insight into how the tides turn (7) |
| ACUMEN | Insight into Camus' endless trouble over a couple of points (6) |
