The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 3 plus 5 letter word ON THE CARDS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result ON THE CARDS
- Attainable diamonds regularly found here
- Likely to find pips here?
- Likely where casino-goers might see royal faces
- . Expected position of person above deck?
- Buggy crashed? Not likely
- Diamonds may be expected here
- Likely as not drunk, crashed disastrously
- In football, red and yellow are so likely
- Quite likely place for 6 19
- Likely to happen, working with witty types to suppress article
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The straight part
We know that "Likely/where casino-goers might see royal faces" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case likely/where casino-goers might see royal faces = on the cards.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.