### Clue: Disgraced ex-president loses temper at first, having lost in card game (8)
### Answer: PINOCHLE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: card game
An envelope ('having … in') of L ('lost'; the abbreviation is not given in Chambers, but I would have thought it common enough) in PINOCHE[t] ('disgraced ex-president') minus the T ('loses **T**emper at first').