Feeble cards player wanting spades (3)
I believe the answer is:
wet
'feeble' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'player wanting spades' is the wordplay.
'player' becomes 'west' (in bridge, players are named after compass points).
'wanting' indicates named letters should be taken away (to want something can mean to lack it or need it).
'spades' becomes 's' (abbreviation in card games).
'west' with 's' taken out is 'WET'.
'cards' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wet that I've seen before include "Soaked with liquid" , "Moistened" , "Watery" , "Rainy (weather)" , "Moisture; feeble (colloq.)" .)
