Winning's apt when holding high card (7)

Independent Cryptic #11617 | 21 Across | 2024-01-04
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

LIABLE (apt, as in “he’s apt to get excited”), containing (holding) K (abbreviation for king = a high-scoring card in card games). Winning = likable (perhaps more usually spelled likeable) = descriptive of someone easy to get along with.

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