| Loser (4-3) |
Mirror Quick |
31 Oct 2025 |
| Defeated contestant sprinted as well (4-3) |
Mirror Cryptic |
31 Oct 2025 |
| Loser in a race or contest (4-3) |
Mirror Classic |
18 Oct 2025 |
| Almost last, possibly, or an unplaced horse (4-3) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 Aug 2025 |
| Alas, sadly as an alternative, admitted Everyman ultimately no-hoper (4-3) |
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| Failed competitor, informally (4-3) |
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| Election loser |
New York Times Mini |
19 Jul 2025 |
| Was a smuggler, too, but a loser (4-3) |
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| Wasn't fast in the water either and was not among the winners (4-3) |
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| One who finished out of place (4-3) |
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| A losing horse (4-3) |
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| Campaign loser |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Orchestra conducted, led by a humbled player (4-3) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Jun 2025 |
| Person who might ask for a recount |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jun 2025 |
| Has been a part of royals or anarchists (4-3) |
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| In addition competed but was unplaced (4-3) |
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| Almost last, possibly, or an unplaced horse (4-3) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
28 May 2025 |
| Set off but go no place (4,3) |
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| A loser in a race or contest, especially by a wide margin (4,3) |
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| Non-winning contestant from teals or ants (4-3) |
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| Loser |
Mirror Quick |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Defeated contestant sprinted as well |
Mirror Cryptic |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Competed too but gets nowhere (4-3) |
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| Political race loser |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Unsuccessful contestant slipping alas or ending in confusion (4,3) |
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| Failure to boot? Server complication ultimately |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Apr 2025 |
| Loser from the Gorbals or Antrim (4-3) |
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| Unsuccessful participant competed too (4-3) |
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| Candidate who didn't win |
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| Loser from the Gorhals or Antrim (4-3) |
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| Unsuccessful candidate |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2025 |
| Loser managed as well (4-3) |
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| There's no place for them (4-3) |
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| Loser in a race or contest (4-3) |
Mirror Classic |
03 Mar 2025 |
| Sprinted as well at first, but not among the winners (4-3) |
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| Election loser |
Commuter |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Fifth or worse alas, nor could it be anything else (4,3) |
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| Runner-up uncovered in annuals or annals (4-3) |
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| Al turned to arson. What a loser! (4-3) |
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| Managed as well to be a nonentity (4-3) |
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| Unsuccessful person managed to support a London orchestra (4-3) |
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| Beaten contestant |
Mirror Tea Time |
31 Dec 2024 |
| Likewise, managed to lose one money at the races? (4-3) |
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| Loser (hyph.) |
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| A learner thus managed a loser (4-3) |
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| Set off but got no place (4,3) |
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| Didn't stand one's ground either and got nowhere (4,3) |
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| Was another of the managers D a loser (4,3) |
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| Loser |
Mirror Quick |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Defeated contestant sprinted as well |
Mirror Cryptic |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Out of place competitor |
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| An oral's got to be a frameless racer (4,3) |
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| A loser by a wide margin in a race or other contest (4,3) |
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| Too managed to be a failure? (4,3) |
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| Not amongst the winners, fled too (4-3) |
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| Lost at the track |
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| Joined in the race, but without success apparently (4-3) |
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| Unplaced contestant (4-3) |
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| There's no place for him (4-3) |
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| He doesn't win a place in finals or anywhere (4-3) |
|
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| Loser (4-3) |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Jul 2024 |
| Concession speech giver |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2024 |
| Race loser |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Unsuccessful candidate |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Postelection figure |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Loser galloped too (4-3) |
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| Defeated contestant sprinted as well |
Mirror Cryptic |
28 Jun 2024 |
| Loser |
Mirror Quick |
28 Jun 2024 |
| Competitor failing to place (4-3) |
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| Uncompetitive entrant |
The Times Concise |
24 Jun 2024 |
| This horse is not amongst the winners |
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| Losing candidate |
LA Times Daily |
13 May 2024 |
| OR NASAL (hyphenated) |
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| Horse out of the money (hyph.) |
|
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| Campaign loser |
Thomas Joseph |
01 May 2024 |
| Horse that is not placed in corrals or anywhere |
|
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| Unsuccessful person |
Mirror Classic |
26 Mar 2024 |
| Unplaced horse in a race (4-3) |
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| Election loser (2 wds) |
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| Loser's lesion oddly covered in distinctive sort of stitches |
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| Was a smuggler, too. An unsuccessful one (4-3) |
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| Players in Irish barony once defeated competitor (4-3) |
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| Players in Irish barony once defeated competitor |
The Guardian Cryptic |
23 Jan 2024 |
| A London orchestra managed without a place |
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| Losing politician |
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| Campaign loser |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Nov 2023 |
| Loser in an election |
USA Today |
24 Sep 2023 |
| Loser |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Jul 2023 |
| Race loser |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jun 2023 |
| Losing contestant |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2023 |
| Loser |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Mar 2023 |
| Capital ensemble established in island has not been successful |
The Guardian Cryptic |
20 Mar 2023 |
| One failing to get a place in annals, or annal |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Mar 2023 |
| Unsuccessful candidate |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Concession speech deliverer |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2023 |
| Concession speech giver |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2022 |
| Losing candidate |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jul 2022 |
| Loser |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Jun 2022 |
| Too organised for failure |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Jun 2022 |
| A capital band managed to be mediocre |
Irish Times Crosaire |
14 May 2022 |
| Loser |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Mar 2022 |
| Losing candidate |
USA Today |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Loser |
LA Times Daily |
25 Nov 2021 |
| Unsuccessful competitor |
Universal |
13 Nov 2021 |
| Campaign loser |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Sep 2021 |
| *Losing contestant |
Universal |
02 May 2021 |
| Unplaced horse |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Artist in surreal salon is loser |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Apr 2021 |
| Artist in salon, unfortunately one unplaced in competition |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Mar 2021 |
| One who didn't make it to the office |
New York Times |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Loser |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Fourth-place finisher, say |
Premier Sunday |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Unsuccessful horse |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jul 2020 |
| Artist in salon, drunk, is loser |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jul 2020 |
| Campaign loser |
Thomas Joseph |
25 May 2020 |
| Concession speech deliverer |
The Washington Post |
03 Mar 2020 |
| Concession speech deliverer |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2020 |
| Unsuccessful entrant |
Newsday |
03 Nov 2019 |
| This horse doesn't win |
Irish Times Simplex |
02 Oct 2019 |
| Race loser |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Aug 2019 |
| Nonwinner |
New York Times |
23 Jun 2019 |
| Thomas Dewey or Hubert Humphrey, notably |
New York Times |
31 May 2019 |
| Race loser |
New York Times |
23 Apr 2019 |
| Unsuccessful challenger |
The Guardian Speedy |
14 Apr 2019 |
| One who didn't even show? |
New York Times |
24 Mar 2019 |
| Romney, in 2012 |
|
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| Thomas Dewey or Hubert Humphrey, notably |
|
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| Race loser |
|
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| One who didn't even show? |
|
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| Nonwinner |
|
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| Out-of-place athlete? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Nov 2018 |
| Nonwinner |
Newsday |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Unsuccessful competitor |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Jul 2018 |
| Loser |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jul 2018 |
| Loser |
The Washington Post |
02 Jul 2018 |
| Election loser |
Universal |
04 Jun 2018 |
| Unplaced horse |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 May 2018 |
| Second, or worse |
New York Times |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Loser |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jan 2018 |
| Unplaced horse too organised |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jan 2018 |
| Loser |
|
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| Second, or worse |
|
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| Election loser |
|
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| One who's in it but doesn't win it |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2017 |
| No-hoper was a candidate too |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Dec 2017 |
| A loser staggering, out of energy, an unplaced competitor |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Oct 2017 |
| Unplaced runner |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Oct 2017 |
| Into the bargain, artist has nothing primarily that won't make the frame |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 Jun 2017 |
| A contestant who loses |
Irish Times Simplex |
12 Jun 2017 |
| Beaten candidate |
LA Times Daily |
11 Apr 2017 |
| Beaten candidate |
The Washington Post |
11 Apr 2017 |
| One undistinguished set of players entering a country, not Italy |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Apr 2017 |
| Orchestra's appearance among islands is a loser |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Feb 2017 |
| Too controlled, as a nonentity |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 Feb 2017 |
| Beaten candidate |
|
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| One who's in it but doesn't win it |
|
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| Unplaced competitor |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Nov 2016 |
| Campaign loser |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Sep 2016 |
| Election loser, e.g |
USA Today |
09 Aug 2016 |
| Race loser |
Premier Sunday |
20 Mar 2016 |
| Loser was in a hurry as well |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Jan 2016 |
| Election loser, e.g. |
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| Concession speech deliverer |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Second-rate performer: a computer network endlessly troubled internally |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Nov 2015 |
| It's not among the top few journals or annuals to display |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Sep 2015 |
| Loser in a race |
The Times Concise |
02 Sep 2015 |
| One set off but got no place |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Aug 2015 |
| Concession speech deliverer |
|
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| Nonwinner |
|
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| Loser |
|
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| One who didn't make it to the office? |
|
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| Concession speech deliverer |
|
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| Runner-up |
|
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| One that didn't show? |
|
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| The hare, e.g., in "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
|
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| The hare, notably |
|
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| Consolation prize recipient |
|
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| Late finisher |
|
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| Election loser, e.g. |
|
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| Candidate who lost |
|
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| Concession speech giver |
|
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| Nonwinner |
|
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| One who didn't get in |
|
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| Horse back in the pack |
|
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| One who didn't get in |
|
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| Candidate who lost |
|
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| Loser |
|
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| #2 or #3, say |
|
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| #2 or #3 |
|
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| Losing candidate |
|
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| Losing candidate |
|
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| Losing candidate |
|
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| One who's not first |
|
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| Aesop's hare, for one |
|
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| Nonwinner |
|
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| One who's back in the pack |
|
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| Stevenson in 1952 and 1956, e.g. |
|
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| One not seated? |
|
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| Person in second place |
|
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| Nonwinner |
|
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| Loser |
|
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| Long shot, usually |
|
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| Nonwinner |
|
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| Long shot, usually |
|
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| Loser |
|
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| Election loser |
|
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| Long shot, usually |
|
|
| Ross Perot, in 1992 and 1996 |
|
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| Loser |
|
|
| Horse back in the pack, e.g. |
|
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| Loser |
|
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| Finished out of the money |
|
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| #3 or #4, say |
|
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| Ineffectual competitor |
|
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| Concession speech giver |
|
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| Late finisher |
|
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| Nader, in 2000 |
|
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| Back-of-the-pack sort |
|
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| One out of the money |
|
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| Election loser |
|
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| Unsuccessful contender |
|
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| Nobody |
|
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| Unsuccessful contender |
|
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| Nobody |
|
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| Loser |
|
|
| Last-place finisher |
|
|
| Finishes out of the money |
|
|
| Election loser |
|
|
| Perot, e.g. |
|
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| One out of the money |
|
|
| Election loser |
|
|
| Miss Congeniality, e.g. |
|
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| Third-place finisher, e.g. |
|
|
| Defeatee |
|
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| He didn't win |
|
|
| Loser |
|
|
| Loser |
|
|
| Horse named on a crumpled betting slip |
|
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| Show horse, in a way |
|
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| Mere participant |
|
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| Late finisher |
|
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| Not a marathon winner |
|
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| Mere participant |
|
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| Horse back in the pack |
|
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| Mere participant |
|
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| Unsuccessful person |
|
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| Runner up |
|
|
| One who's back in the pack |
|
|
| Not a winner |
|
|
| Person in second place |
|
|
| Losing candidate |
|
|
| Horse way back in the pack |
|
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| Candidate who lost |
|
|
| He almost won |
|
|
| Unsuccessful one |
|
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| Runner-up |
|
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| Non-winner |
|
|
| Unimpressive competitor |
|
|
| Lackluster performer |
|
|
| Minor-party candidate |
|
|
| One who can't get a seat |
|
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| Aqueduct trailer |
|
|
| Another finisher |
|
|
| Slowpoke |
|
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| Not a winner |
|
|
| Lame duck, often |
|
|
| Fourth-place finisher |
|
|
| He didn't win, place or show |
|
|
| Election loser |
|
|
| Tilden in 1876 |
|
|
| Anderson or Carter in 1980 |
|
|
| Big-A laggard |
|
|
| Dewey in 1948 |
|
|
| Bottom-line horse |
|
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| Trailer |
|
|
| Winner's follower |
|
|
| Chronic loser |
|
|
| Election loser. |
|
|
| Derby laggard. |
|
|
| Horse in the ruck. |
|
|
| Behind the first three: Horseracing. |
|
|
| A candidate who lost. |
|
|
| Dewey, in 1948. |
|
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| Third-party candidate, more often than not |
|
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| Defeated contestant. |
|
|
| Defeated one. |
|
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| Person of no importance. |
|
|
| Out-of-the-money horse. |
|
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| Unsuccessful candidate. |
|
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| Inferior one |
|
|
| Racing-chart comment. |
|
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| Out of the money. |
|
|
| Loser. |
|
|
| Relative of a has-been. |
|
|
| Postelection personality. |
|
|
| Smith or Willkie. |
|
|
| One kind of race horse. |
|
|
| Loser: Colloq. |
|
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| The loser. |
|
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| The defeated one. |
|
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| No prize-winner, he. |
|
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| Not a prizewinner. |
|
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| Luckless contender: Colloq. |
|
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