What a card player expects? An equitable treatment? (1,4,4)
I believe the answer is:
a fair deal
'equitable treatment?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'what a card player expects? an' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'player' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is present in the answer.
'an' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one) and 'i' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for a fair deal that I've seen is " equitable treatment".)