| TRYINGHISHAND | Tiresome, the cards he's been dealt - but having a go (6,3,4) |
| STICK | Rod to keep the cards he's got? (5) |
| TRYING | Tedious, but having a go (6) |
| FARO | A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box. |
| CRASHED | Collapsed at the cards he was dealt (7) |
| STILT | A shore bird similar to the avocet but having a straight bill (5) |
| OKAPI | Large herbivore of Central Africa, in the same family as the giraffe but having a much shorter neck (5) |
| HOMONYM | A word pronounced or spelt in the same way as another but having a different meaning (7) |
| BATTLING | At the wicket collecting half-century, but having a struggle |
| BURMESE | Breed of cat similar in shape to the Siamese but having a dark brown or blue-grey coat (7) |
| ITALIAN | I start to translate stranger lacking English but having a different language |
| EARFUL | Head off, scared but having a blast (6) |
| SURLY | Grouchy, but having a pure heart and being clever about it (5) |
| HANDLING | Dealing with the cards one has been dealt with the fish (8) |
| THIRDHAND | From a friend of a friend, two others having been dealt first? (5-4) |
| SAVAGED | Attacked, but having a good day |
| TWISTED | Danced about, having been dealt a new card (7) |
| TAROTS | Decks revealing the cards you've been dealt |
| MYLOT | "It's ___ in life" ("It's the hand I've been dealt") |
| OUTBOXED | They contain what's been dealt with when proves superior in the ring (8) |
