Possible Clues:

• Give up trick with top player, we hear
• Acknowledge set of rules involving New Church
• Acknowledge record formerly held by English
• Admit formerly being taken in by three characters in succession?
• In a panic once decided to yield
• This grant, in part, could be seen as accident-prone
• In public, once defeated, give up
• Acknowledge record English at one time held
• Surrender once captured by regulars in cadre
• Admit summary is being replaced by journalist