| STUD | Almost read a game of poker (4) |
| STUDWALL | Almost read everything on wide division in House (4,4) |
| ANTE | Initial amount committed by each player in a game of poker (4) |
| CASH | What Masood Ahmed lost in a Walford game of poker (4) |
| SEE | Equal a bet, in a game of poker |
| BLUFFS | Pretends to have a good hand in a game of poker, eg (6) |
| OPENS | Starts, as a game of poker |
| TEXASHOLDEM | Hexed, almost broke, in game of poker |
| FULLHOUSE | All seats taken in game of poker (4,5) |
| ACEINTHEHOLE | Surprise up one's sleeve, from the game of poker (3,2,3,4) |
| STUPID | Foolish private investigator interrupting game of poker |
| SCAN | Read a bit of ancient Etruscan (4) |
| CHOP | Composer dropping in to read a bit of Lamb (4) |
| BOOK | You might borrow this from a library to read a story (4) |
| ROOK | Read a rare book, from start to finish, about a crow family member (4) |
| SEEP | Go through slowly as you read a page (4) |
| DARE | Be brave enough to read a review (4) |
| EZRA | Belzer regularly read a book from the Old Testament (4) |
| LEAH | _ Williamson, first Lioness to read a CBBC story (4) |
| TOME | Met in a circle to read a book |
