Does she command the affection of card-players? (5,2,6)
I believe the answer is:
queen of hearts
'does she command' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'affection of card-players?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'affection' could be 'heart' (synonyms) and 'heart' is found within the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
'card' could be 'queen' (queen is a kind of card) and 'queen' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for queen of hearts that I've seen before include "Baker" , "in a suit" .)