Related Clues:

• Grab first; forestall
• A little time behind? Blast!
• High-ranking card
• Card which is ultimately not bottom?
• Surpass - blast!
• Head of Tudor behind ruff
• Brick to take trick
• Card beating other suits
• Reliable type? Not quite reliable member
• Reliable person — one may be the last
• It may be the last you hear from reliable person
• Powerful playing card
• Appropriate homework engrosses them close to midnight
• Card that tops all others
• Have more stripes than, perhaps