Passable cuts for every card game (5)
I believe the answer is:
poker
'card game' is the definition.
(poker is a kind of card game)
'passable cuts for every' is the wordplay.
'passable' becomes 'ok'.
'cuts for' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'every' becomes 'per' ('per' means 'for each' or 'for every').
'ok' put inside 'per' is 'POKER'.
(Other definitions for poker that I've seen before include "See 1" , "Fire-raiser" , "A game for the fireplace implement" , "Ashes stirred by this" , "Pushy person" .)