The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BACCARAT
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More clues leading to the result BACCARAT
- Vehicles going head to head at game
- Vehicle reversing with weight of gems is a chancy enterprise
- Lawyers accepting account at card game
- A cricket club ace laid into spoilt child in game
- Bilk allegedly boring, horrible kid’s game of cards
- Current coach seen in club’s card game
- A pair of clubs a nasty child hides in card game
- Game for the auditor to support one peach
- Hire car reversed awkwardly at first into truck
- Two vehicles, one in reverse, at game
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The straight part
We know that "card game" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case card game = baccarat.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BACCARAT mean?
BACCARAT noun- A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms - usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt - also bearing some similarities to blackjack.