Expected position of person above deck? (2,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
on the cards
'expected' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'position of person above deck?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'person' could be 'card' (card is a kind of person) and 'card' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for on the cards that I've seen before include "Greetings may be" , "a fair certainty" , "Likely to happen" , "A merry Christmas is" , "Where pips are" .)