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24D "Picked up king in card game" (4)?a?o

I can only find FARO to fit, but I am unable to parse the clue.

Help will be gratefully received.

Faro sounds like (picked up) Pharoah.

I did,f course, mean Pharaoh!

maybe because it sounds like pharaoh. (picked up).

Thanks for the replies. I quite often fail to spot the "sounds like" clues.

Thanks for the explanation for Faro. Can you help me with 11a A book of life packs it in retrospectively from chapter one? (2,6) A?
I?I?I?
15a Even-tempered guy, despite appearances, not this? (4) E?G? edgy or eggy?

11a Ab Initio, latin for from the outset A BIO for book of life IT IN backwards in BIO

Thanks, gourami. I had AD for the first word.