Play Your Cards Right

[tezza9]

Stuck on
No 8 Cards given out in deal with workers(5)
No 4 Palyer opens with fourth trump- the jack of clubs(3)

[Fibonacci]

4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAM

[BlackadderV]

Hands

[wired]

Is the 1st one -- hands?

[Fibonacci]

8 Hands ?

[tezza9]

Sorry typo!
No 4 Player opens with a fourth trump-the jack of clubs (3)

[BlackadderV]

Hands and Pam are the correct answers.

[Fibonacci]

still as I said I think PAM
P(layer) + A + (tru)M(p)

[tezza9]

Thank you.
One more
No 12.Small patrol of men had a game of cards....(6)

[ladyalex]

For Pam , look up lanterloo

[Fibonacci]

Small patrol of men had a game of cards-
http://www.finedictionary.com/piquet.html

[BlackadderV]

I knew the answer was a card game but to my shame, as an ex-serviceman, I never thought of piquet, mainly because we spelt it picket. Well done Fibonacci.

[tezza9]

Thank you all very much
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