Court card on the pirate flag? (5-4)
I believe the answer is:
black-jack
'court' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'card on the pirate flag?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'card' could be 'black' (black playing card, as opposed to a red one) and 'black' is present in the answer.
'flag?' could be 'jack' (jack is a kind of flag) and 'jack' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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