| CARDSHARPER | Jack perhaps clearer as a cheat (4-7) |
| BLUER | Clearer, as a sky |
| RESTATE | Make clearer, as a question |
| PUNCHEDCARD | Data storage unit once hit Jack perhaps (7,4) |
| PLAYINGCARD | Jack, perhaps, angry and placid, surprisingly (7-4) |
| PICTURECARD | Film character, Jack perhaps? |
| GIANTKILLER | Jack, perhaps |
| ANAESTHETIC | Number ten is a cheat, somehow (11) |
| CATASTROPHE | Calamity one might expect when a cheat mixes ports |
| FACECARD | Stand opposite comedian Jack, perhaps (4,4) |
| FACE | Stand in front of the combing machine with Jack perhaps (4,4) |
| CARD | Stand in front of the combing machine with Jack perhaps (4,4) |
| RUBY | Jack perhaps sent back portion of unsavoury burrito (4) |
| CARDAMOM | Jack perhaps has a medium korma, oddly missing an ingredient (8) |
| LONDONBRIDGE | Jack, perhaps, used by card game: a capital feature |
| SIMCARD | Storage device is erected by Mike and Jack perhaps (3,4) |
| PICTUREPOSTCARD | Imagine Jack, perhaps gulping, after getting communication from holidaymaker (7,8) |
| SHIPMATE | Jack, perhaps, may carry a friend (8) |
| IDIOTCARD | Prompt Jack perhaps to back turkey (5,4) |
| CUNARD | Jack perhaps describing a French shipping line (6) |