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An unmarked deck is una baraja/un mazo sin marcar, where "deck" refers to a set of cards.
To clear the deck, according to wordreference.com, "let's clear the deck(s) before we start the new project" = "despejemos el camino antes de embarcarnos en el nuevo proyecto". I believe that this meaning is related to the deck of a ship = la cubierta. Without any other context, to me "a clean deck" is the result of clearing the deck; it's equivalent to a clean slate; that is, there are no pending projects or responsibilities preventing an action. |
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