Not a winner |
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1's conquered one (5) |
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A failure in tailed roles (5) |
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In a close race he doesn't come first (5) |
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Defeated contestant (5) |
Mirror Quick |
06 Jul 2025 |
Exchange roles with no-hoper (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Jul 2025 |
Carlos Eriksen was a bit of a failure (5) |
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Defeated contestant (5) |
Mirror Quick |
25 Jun 2025 |
Exchange roles with no-hoper (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
25 Jun 2025 |
Defeated player (5) |
Puzzler |
23 Jun 2025 |
Reality TV series, The Biggest ... |
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He's no better off for changing roles (5) |
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Showing insufficient resolve, possibly, he was beaten (5) |
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Also-ran |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jun 2025 |
He can't keep being a failure! (5) |
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One coming off worse (5) |
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Nobody's free to swap spectacles for monocle 'by right' |
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Person who doesn't win |
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"I guess I just didn't fully grasp how many ___s there are in the world. Like I knew there were a lot of ___s out there, but the amount of ___s that would have to exist to, one, make this product feas |
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Last-place placer |
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Possible roles for the defeated (5) |
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He switches roles if he's not on the winning side (5) |
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He can't keep changing roles! (5) |
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Beck's signature song |
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One who does not win (5) |
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Not the winner |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Apr 2025 |
Flop |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Apr 2025 |
"... both ... are subdued, And neither party -" (Henry IV, Pt. 2) (5) |
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Song by Beck with a defeatist title (5) |
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He's the poorer, having switched roles (5) |
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She doesn't win but resolutely shows up (5) |
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Player who topples the Jenga tower |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2025 |
He has suffered a beating (5) |
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Hapless sort |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Mar 2025 |
Spanish article here essentially is flop (5) |
|
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Pathetic person |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Mar 2025 |
Unsuccessful player's more than half resolved to make comeback (5) |
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Runner-up, e.g. (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Mar 2025 |
Contestant who lacked resolution in returning? (5) |
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He doesn't succeed (in taking care of his possessions?) (5) |
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Victor contradicts him (5) |
|
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Pathetic person |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Feb 2025 |
The Spanish sovereign defeated contender (5) |
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Defeated contestant |
Mirror Quick |
09 Feb 2025 |
Exchange roles with no-hoper |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Feb 2025 |
Shipwreck |
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Defeatist Beck song |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Feb 2025 |
"I'm a - baby, so why don't you kill me?"Beck (5) |
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Sore ___, someone who may be salty for not winning |
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American weight loss show, The Biggest _ (5) |
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Also-ran |
Mirror Quick |
15 Jan 2025 |
Exchange roles with no-hoper |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Jan 2025 |
Unsuccessful contestant (5) |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jan 2025 |
High scorer in golf |
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One with possibly sole right to the wooden spoon? (5) |
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Pathetic person |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Jan 2025 |
Also-ran |
Mirror Quick |
08 Jan 2025 |
Exchange roles with no-hoper |
Mirror Cryptic |
08 Jan 2025 |
Defeated participant |
The Times Concise |
08 Jan 2025 |
Fiasco left unresolved to a degree (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 Jan 2025 |
Roles (anag) (5) |
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Winner's opponent ROLES |
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One not winning different roles (5) |
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___ Takes All, Graham Greene novel (5) |
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Player who's mated, e.g. |
|
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The Biggest ___, reality TV show for slimmers |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Dec 2024 |
TV'S The Biggest ___ debuted 20 yrs ago (5) |
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TV weight-loss show: The Biggest - |
|
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One who cannot keep switching roles (5) |
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Ne'er-do-well |
Newsday |
18 Dec 2024 |
Changing roles means defeat for him (5) |
|
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Wooden spoon holder, perhaps? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
13 Dec 2024 |
Not a winner |
The Telegraph Plusword |
08 Dec 2024 |
Not the best man for tricky roles? (5) |
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No winner! (5) |
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Miss run, and one may be out of the competition |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
29 Nov 2024 |
He doesn't succeed in changing roles (5) |
|
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Goliath, notably |
Newsday |
21 Nov 2024 |
Last one to cross the finish line |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2024 |
Defeated one |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Nov 2024 |
Failure nearer, after yielding lead |
|
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Postgame sulker |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Nov 2024 |
Person defeated |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2024 |
Winner's opponent |
|
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Varied roles for biggest dieter in reality show (5) |
|
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Ne'er-do-well |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2024 |
Failure to interpret roles (5) |
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Every ___ Wins, Nick Berry hit (5) |
Puzzler |
12 Oct 2024 |
Being unsuccessful, he makes sole adjustment right at the end (5) |
|
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Player who doesn't reach ten points in "The Settlers of Catan," say |
|
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Failed contender more relaxed missing an Oscar (5) |
|
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One's defeated some more soldiers in retreat |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Sep 2024 |
Not the best man (5) |
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One who failed to win new roles |
|
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Not one with winning ways (5) |
|
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Weight-loss competition (The Biggest ___--) |
|
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Victor's opponent (5) |
|
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One not successful in close relationship (5) |
|
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Baseball pitcher, not starting, is one who doesn't get the win (5) |
|
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Defeated one |
Commuter |
16 Aug 2024 |
Beaten competitor (5) |
|
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Runner-up to exchange roles |
Mirror Cryptic |
04 Aug 2024 |
Defeated contestant |
Mirror Quick |
04 Aug 2024 |
Who pays all legal costs under the so-called "English rule" |
New York Times |
01 Aug 2024 |
Roles confused by one defeated (5) |
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Opposite of winner |
Puzzler |
18 Jul 2024 |
Roles miscast, every one wins in Nick Berry's song (5) |
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He won't win new roles |
|
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Fabled hare, e.g. |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2024 |
Beaten player |
Mirror Tea Time |
05 Jul 2024 |
Figure the new variety of rose is a non prize winner (5) |
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Not the winner (5) |
The Telegraph Mini |
02 Jul 2024 |
He gets beaten if he can't find something (5) |
|
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Concession speech giver |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jul 2024 |
Various roles defeat him (5) |
|
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2000 Amy Heckerling romantic comedy film starring Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari and Greg Kinnear |
|
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The Biggest ___, reality TV show for slimmers (5) |
Puzzler |
22 Jun 2024 |
The hare, in a fabled race |
Universal |
13 Jun 2024 |
Given rotten roles - he can't win |
|
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See sister embracing European competitor failing in end? (5) |
|
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One in second, say |
|
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What two fingers in the shape of an "L" can mean |
New York Times |
03 Jun 2024 |
Defeated contestant |
Mirror Quick |
01 Jun 2024 |
Change roles with no-hoper |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Jun 2024 |
He's not gainfully employed (5) |
|
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He didn't succeed, and left Rose perplexed (5) |
|
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Player unable to win new roles (5) |
|
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1993 Beck single |
New York Times |
19 May 2024 |
One who fails frequently (inf) (5) |
|
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Runner-up is less distant after leaving clubs (5) |
|
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Not the first to change roles |
|
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He shows no profit, so retires in dire solitude (5) |
|
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Weight-shifting reality series, The Biggest _ (5) |
|
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Wrong roles for no-hoper |
The Guardian Quiptic |
14 Apr 2024 |
Sporting failure (5) |
|
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Defeated competitor |
Mirror Classic |
11 Apr 2024 |
Contemptible person |
The Guardian Quick |
09 Apr 2024 |
Defeated party |
The Times Concise |
09 Apr 2024 |
One who is never successful (5) |
|
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Don't be a sore one! There are other roles to play! (5) |
|
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Unsuccessful person gets nearer being beheaded (5) |
|
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Not being on winning side, he switches roles (5) |
|
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Failure to change roles (5) |
|
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Beaten player |
Mirror Tea Time |
28 Mar 2024 |
Washout |
The Times Concise |
24 Mar 2024 |
Unlucky competitor |
|
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No-hoper exchanges roles (5) |
|
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Also-ran |
LA Times Daily |
21 Mar 2024 |
He's unsuccessful at switching roles (5) |
|
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Victor's opposite number (5) |
|
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Failure of finisher missing header |
|
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One of the 87-Down |
Premier Sunday |
10 Mar 2024 |
Beaten contestant (5) |
|
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The defeated (5) |
|
|
Also-ran |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Mar 2024 |
When almost closer, finds he can't win (5) |
|
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He doesn't win unusual roles (5) |
|
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Change of roles for unsuccessful sort (5) |
|
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Runner defeated in close race (5) |
|
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Bloke (inf) (5) |
|
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Every ___ Wins, Number One hit for Nick Berry |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Feb 2024 |
Vanquished person (5) |
|
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Sore ___ (one who reacts poorly to failing) |
|
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One unsuccessful in polo series |
|
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Taunt indicated by an extended index finger and thumb by the forehead |
|
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Unlucky contestant |
|
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One doesn't succeed in close race |
|
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Different roles for everyone who wins in Nick Berry's 1986 song (5) |
|
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No-hoper changing roles (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Jan 2024 |
Sore ___, someone who may be salty for not winning |
|
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Last person? |
|
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Luckless sort; roles (anag.) |
|
|
Daniil Medvedev vis-a-vis Novak Djokovic in the 2023 U.S. Open final, e.g. |
|
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Beaten player |
Mirror Tea Time |
03 Jan 2024 |
One not victorious in close race (5) |
|
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Little River Band song, Lonesome ... |
|
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Last one in the race (5) |
|
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He failed to resolve it - some went back (5) |
|
|
Teen college romantic comedy starring Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari |
|
|
Also-ran |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Nov 2023 |
Failure among close relatives |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Nov 2023 |
Unsuccessful person is nearer, but not first |
The Guardian Quiptic |
30 Oct 2023 |
Goliath, notably |
Newsday |
28 Sep 2023 |
Successful dieter |
Newsday |
03 Sep 2023 |
Person with a record of failure |
The Guardian Quick |
23 Aug 2023 |
Also-ran |
New York Times |
05 Jul 2023 |
Like the hare in a fable |
|
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Sore ___ (one who reacts badly to failure) |
|
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Aesop's hare, notably |
Premier Sunday |
05 Mar 2023 |
Runner-up |
LA Times Daily |
10 Feb 2023 |
Also-ran |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jan 2023 |
Sore __ |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jan 2023 |
Person destined to be taken advantage of (informal) |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Nov 2022 |
One defeated |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Nov 2022 |
Player who topples the Jenga tower |
USA Today |
18 Nov 2022 |
Bridesmaid, increasingly promiscuous, wanting love? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Nov 2022 |
One who draws the short straw |
LA Times Daily |
31 Oct 2022 |
Felon, informally |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2022 |
One failing to win in close race |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Sep 2022 |
Disheartened partner accepts second hopeless case |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Sep 2022 |
Defeated contestant |
The Guardian Quick |
03 Sep 2022 |
Line over river blocked by points failure |
|
|
Line over river blocked by points failure |
The Guardian Cryptic |
02 Sep 2022 |
Sad sack |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Aug 2022 |
Some failure, so likely to get turned over? |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Aug 2022 |
Concession speech giver |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2022 |
Chump |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jul 2022 |
An also-ran |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 May 2022 |
Unlucky one makes up endless resolutions. |
Irish Times Crosaire |
07 May 2022 |
Failure of Super League? Football fans to finally riot |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 May 2022 |
An also-ran |
Irish Times Simplex |
23 Apr 2022 |
Luckless one |
Newsday |
13 Mar 2022 |
Solitary guy has change of heart: he’s not successful |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Mar 2022 |
An also-ran |
Irish Times Simplex |
26 Feb 2022 |
Sore ___ (one who reacts poorly to failing) |
|
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Last-place finisher |
USA Today |
30 Jan 2022 |
Runner-up maybe less tense after conceding round |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Jan 2022 |
Oft-failing person |
The Times Concise |
18 Jan 2022 |
Checkmated chess player, for example |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2022 |
Also-ran |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Dec 2021 |
Also-ran |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Dec 2021 |
Pathetic person |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Dec 2021 |
An also-ran |
Irish Times Simplex |
04 Dec 2021 |
“Soy un perdedor, / I’m a ____ baby, so why don’t you kill me?” (Beck) |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
28 Nov 2021 |
Defeated competitor |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2021 |
Consolation prize recipient |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2021 |
Hapless sort |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Oct 2021 |
Unsuccessful competitor |
USA Today |
13 Oct 2021 |
Runner-up? Nearer being a non-starter |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Oct 2021 |
One failing to win in close race |
|
|
Successful dieter |
Newsday |
21 Jul 2021 |
Failure more relaxed missing an Oscar |
|
|
Impostor not quiet, left on top becomes a flop |
|
|
The hare, in 'The Tortoise and the Hare' |
USA Today |
07 May 2021 |
Hardly a winner |
|
|
Runner-up in close race? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Mar 2021 |
Failure of a person nearer losing head |
|
|
Locker room sulker |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Mar 2021 |
Nearer snatching the lead, but never a victor |
|
|
Final finisher |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Feb 2021 |
An also-ran |
Irish Times Simplex |
15 Jan 2021 |
Defeated person |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Jan 2021 |
One wouldn't succeed the Spanish queen |
|
|
No-hoper's new role picking up seaweed at front |
|
|
Paper, vis-à-vis scissors |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2021 |
The hare, to the tortoise |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2020 |
One snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, say |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2020 |
Without leader, nearer failure |
|
|
Pathetic person |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Oct 2020 |
One missing out -- gets nearer, but not number one |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Oct 2020 |
Sore __ |
The Washington Post |
08 Oct 2020 |
Sore __ |
LA Times Daily |
08 Oct 2020 |
No-hoper is more relaxed with one round to go |
|
|
One can't win with philosopher dismissing hip-hop |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Aug 2020 |
Jenga tower toppler, e.g |
USA Today |
15 Aug 2020 |
Flop |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2020 |
Model of ineptitude breaking off shutter's opener? |
|
|
Booby-prize recipient |
The New Yorker |
08 Jun 2020 |
Unsuccessful person |
The Times Concise |
11 May 2020 |
One failing to win quirky roles |
|
|
Defeated player looks teary from time to time |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Mar 2020 |
Not the winner in a close race |
|
|
Unsuccessful type |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Mar 2020 |
Playing roles in local flop |
Irish Times Crosaire |
19 Feb 2020 |
Not a winner |
|
|
Flop as lover after heart transplant |
|
|
Postgame moper |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Dec 2019 |
One defeated when swapping roles |
|
|
Tricky roles for one always taking second place? |
|
|
Not so far off, Conservative departing as unsuccessful candidate? |
|
|
Failed competitor |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Oct 2019 |
Last place holder, say |
|
|
Behold! First half of pulpit address delivers one that's been left behind |
|
|
One who can't 21-Down |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2019 |
Sad sack |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Jul 2019 |
Behold! First half of pulpit address delivers one that's been left behind |
|
|
Luckless sort |
USA Today |
26 May 2019 |
Also-ran |
Thomas Joseph |
14 May 2019 |
Many a gambler |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2019 |
Many a gambler |
The Washington Post |
13 Apr 2019 |
Unsuccessful competitor |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Mar 2019 |
Failure |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Feb 2019 |
Cornwallis, at Yorktown |
Newsday |
10 Feb 2019 |
Drawer of the short straw |
USA Today |
14 Jan 2019 |
One who can't 21-Down |
|
|
Many a gambler |
|
|
Luckless sort |
|
|
Drawer of the short straw |
|
|
Luckless fellow |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Dec 2018 |
Failure in variety of roles |
|
|
Defeated contender |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Oct 2018 |
Failure among close relatives |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Oct 2018 |
28-Down's opposite |
The Washington Post |
07 Oct 2018 |
28-Down's opposite |
LA Times Daily |
07 Oct 2018 |
Failure is more imminent without leader |
|
|
Sore ___ (someone who reacts poorly to a defeat) |
|
|
'90s Beck hit |
Universal |
27 Sep 2018 |
No-hoper with dreadful roles |
|
|
Failure in variety of roles |
|
|
Schlemiel |
The New Yorker |
02 Jul 2018 |
Erol's hybrid is a non-winner |
|
|
Not a winner |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Jun 2018 |
Hello's error to feature someone with no star quality? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Jun 2018 |
Postgame sulker |
Wall Street Journal |
01 May 2018 |
Juvenile put-down |
New York Times |
21 Apr 2018 |
Last-place finisher |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2018 |
One unsuccessful in different roles |
|
|
Schlemiel |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2018 |
Also-ran |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Mar 2018 |
Down-on-one's-luck sort |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2018 |
28-Down's opposite |
|
|
Down-on-one's-luck sort |
|
|
Postgame sulker |
|
|
Juvenile put-down |
|
|
Luckless fellow |
|
|
'90s Beck hit |
|
|
Also-ran |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2017 |
Player over 21, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2017 |
Player over 21, perhaps |
The Washington Post |
18 Nov 2017 |
Nearer, but missing first place -- becoming this? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 Oct 2017 |
One failing frequently |
The Times Concise |
30 Aug 2017 |
Schlemiel |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Jul 2017 |
Once deprived of love, slacker's a failure |
|
|
Once deprived of love, slacker's a failure |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Jun 2017 |
Deadbeat, e.g |
New York Times |
02 May 2017 |
Any of three semifinalists, eventually |
USA Today |
22 Apr 2017 |
Consolation prize recipient |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2017 |
His resolve improved a bit, but he wasn't successful |
|
|
Ne'er-do-well |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2017 |
Hard luck case |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2017 |
You're solver somewhat upset, one lacking success? |
|
|
What a two-fingered "L" represents |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jan 2017 |
Player over 21, perhaps |
|
|
Unlucky one |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2017 |
Deadbeat, e.g. |
|
|
Consolation prize recipient |
|
|
Any of three semifinalists, eventually |
|
|
Also-ran |
|
|
What a two-fingered "L" represents |
|
|
Dud |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2016 |
Usually disappointed one |
LA Times Daily |
16 Dec 2016 |
Last place finisher, obviously |
Universal |
08 Dec 2016 |
Olympian who doesn't medal |
Universal |
29 Nov 2016 |
One not getting an Olympic medal |
Universal |
06 Nov 2016 |
Failed contender more relaxed after relinquishing an Oscar |
|
|
Failure, also-ran |
Irish Times Simplex |
29 Oct 2016 |
Mr. Wrong? |
LA Times Daily |
30 Sep 2016 |
One who shuts up having caught out failure |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Sep 2016 |
One who shuts up having caught out failure |
|
|
Chump |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Sep 2016 |
Short-straw drawer |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2016 |
No-hoper |
The Guardian Quick |
18 Jun 2016 |
Short-straw picker |
LA Times Daily |
24 May 2016 |
Person defeated |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2016 |
Lead gone, nearer being a failure |
|
|
Unsuccessful type protected by close relatives |
|
|
Successful dieter |
Universal |
15 Apr 2016 |
Failure in comic roles |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Apr 2016 |
Also-ran |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Mar 2016 |
Schlemiel |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
11 Mar 2016 |
One unsuccessful, solitary guy having change of heart |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Mar 2016 |
One disadvantaged among close relations |
|
|
Sore __ |
|
|
One not getting an Olympic medal |
|
|
Dud |
|
|
Last place finisher, obviously |
|
|
Schlemiel |
|
|
Short-straw picker |
|
|
Usually disappointed one |
|
|
A failure in failed roles |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Dec 2015 |
Defeated party |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Dec 2015 |
Everyone except the winner |
USA Today |
13 Dec 2015 |
One finishing second? |
USA Today |
11 Dec 2015 |
A failure, also-ran |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 Nov 2015 |
Sad sack |
New York Times |
15 Nov 2015 |
Put-down from Donald Trump |
New York Times |
12 Oct 2015 |
Last-place finisher |
USA Today |
29 Sep 2015 |
Doesn't win acting roles |
Irish Times Crosaire |
28 Aug 2015 |
Mysterious roles from The Misfit |
Irish Times Crosaire |
08 Aug 2015 |
One who finishes last |
USA Today |
20 Jul 2015 |
Short-straw drawer |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2015 |
One finishing second |
Universal |
16 Jul 2015 |
Schlub |
New York Times |
30 Jun 2015 |
Winner's victim |
Universal |
14 Jun 2015 |
Tiepolo's Eros is in part a failure |
|
|
Hapless sort |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2015 |
'The Biggest ' |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Apr 2015 |
X-O-X line in tic-tac-toe, e.g |
New York Times |
12 Apr 2015 |
Sore sort, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2015 |
Many a casino visitor |
LA Times Daily |
03 Feb 2015 |
Many a casino visitor |
|
|
Hard luck case |
|
|
Mr. Wrong? |
|
|
Short-straw drawer |
|
|
X-O-X line in tic-tac-toe, e.g. |
|
|
Everyone except the winner |
|
|
Hapless sort |
|
|
Ne'er-do-well |
|
|
Sad sack |
|
|
Last-place finisher |
|
|
Schlub |
|
|
Winner's victim |
|
|
Schlemiel |
|
|
Beck's breakout single |
|
|
Early Beck single |
|
|
One who finishes last |
|
|
One finishing second |
|
|
Sore sort, maybe |
|
|
Put-down from Donald Trump |
|
|
One finishing second? |
|
|
Taunting word |
|
|
See 56 Down |
|
|
Also-ran |
|
|
Vanquished one |
|
|
Runner-up |
|
|
Sad sack |
|
|
Typical Las Vegas gambler |
|
|
Beck single of 1993 |
|
|
One not allowed in the winners' circle |
|
|
One finishing second |
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Schlemiel |
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One who finishes last |
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Weeper, proverbially |
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Consolation-prize recipient |
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Like one who is 52-Down |
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Also-ran |
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Hopeless guy |
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Also-ran |
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Last one in |
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Like one who is 52-Down |
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Hardly one of the in crowd |
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Also-ran |
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The hare, notably |
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One who can't catch a break |
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Last one in |
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Ne'er-do-well |
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He can't get a break |
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Chump |
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One-day "Jeopardy!" contestant, e.g. |
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On reflection one's not quite resolute enough |
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Short-straw drawer |
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Beck hit of 1993 |
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Defeated rival |
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Beck's breakthrough hit |
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Beck's first smash |
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Also-ran |
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One who weeps, in a saying |
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Unfortunate fellow |
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#2 or #3, say |
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Runner-up in a race |
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Person faking a smile at an awards show |
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He can't get a break |
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Doofus |
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Successful dieter |
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Also-ran |
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Strip poker player in the buff, e.g. |
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"The Biggest ___" |
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#2 or #3 |
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Consistent failure |
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Habitual failure |
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36-Down, notably |
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Also-ran |
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Short-straw drawer |
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Successful dieter |
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Defeated one |
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Consistent failure |
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2000 Jason Biggs comedy-romance |
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Bottom dog |
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"The Biggest ___" |
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Runner-up |
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Jerk |
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Short straw drawer, e.g. |
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Schlemiel |
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Deadbeat |
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Dweeb |
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Luckless one |
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A weeper, according to a saying |
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Born __ |
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Hapless one |
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Born __ |
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Person trying to smile at an awards show |
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Schlemiel |
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Unsuccessful trophy seeker |
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Pointless player, perhaps |
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Flop |
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Misfit |
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Mr. Wrong? |
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Unsuccessful trophy seeker |
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Short-straw drawer |
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Flop |
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Misfit |
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Place or show horse |
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Short straw drawer, e.g. |
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Last-place finisher |
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Sore one, maybe |
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Beck hit with the lyric "So why don't you kill me?" |
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He may be sore |
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Last one in |
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Also-ran |
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Sad sack |
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Schlemiel |
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Luckless fellow |
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Hardly a winner |
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One who doesn't go past a semi? |
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The one with 0 in 7-0 |
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Doofus |
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Dewey, to Truman |
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Stock that drops in value |
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Short-straw drawer |
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Consistent failure |
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"The Born __" |
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He may be sore |
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Terse putdown |
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Perennial last-place finisher |
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Misfit |
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Runner-up, essentially |
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Dweeb |
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Luckless one |
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Naked strip poker player, e.g. |
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Perry Mason, only once |
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Successful dieter |
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Short straw drawer |
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Sometimes a dieter is one |
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Dweeb |
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Luckless one |
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Successful dieter |
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Defeated rival |
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Locker room sulker |
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Any of three semifinalists |
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Short straw drawer |
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Athlete, at times |
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Any of three semifinalists |
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He has lots of sour-grapes? |
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Jenny Craig fan |
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Short-straw drawer |
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Creep |
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Habitual failure |
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Weeper, maybe |
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The one in last place, e.g. |
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Luckless one |
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Habitual failure |
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Doofus |
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Consolation prize recipient |
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Short-straw drawer |
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Schlimazel |
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Good sport, perhaps |
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Not a medalist |
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Also-ran |
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Wanderer |
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Hopeless one |
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Schlimazel |
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Sad sack |
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Sore person? |
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Second place finisher |
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One who weeps, in a saying |
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Fortune s fool |
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Pathetic person |
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One with sour grapes? |
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Misfit |
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He's sore, maybe |
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Hit song from Beck |
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Short-straw drawer |
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Last-place team |
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"The Born ___" (Chip Sansom comic strip) |
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A good dieter? |
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Hopeless guy |
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One without promise |
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Runner-up in a match race |
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See 143-Down |
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Bad bet |
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Not a medalist |
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Cleveland in the '94 World Series |
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One finishing second |
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One bettered |
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Runner-up |
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Fortune's fool |
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Unfortunate fellow |
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Vanquished |
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Misfit |
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The Beatles' "I'm a ____" |
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Dewey in 1948 |
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Carthage, in the Punic Wars |
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T.K.O. victim, e.g. |
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What Bryan was to Taft |
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Hard-luck case |
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Vanquished one |
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Born ___ (schlemiel) |
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Unsuccessful participant |
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Defeated one |
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Born follower |
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Defeated pitcher |
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Bested one |
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Defeated contestant |
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Unlucky one |
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Weeper, proverbially |
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Ne'er-do-well |
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Mondale on Nov. 6, 1984 |
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McDowell or Pope, at Bull Run |
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McGovern, in 1972 |
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His wager should have been sager |
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Ford in 1976 |
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Carter vis-à-vis Reagan |
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Word with sore |
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He may be sore |
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Cornwallis at Yorktown |
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Burgoyne at Saratoga |
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Proverbial weeper |
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Traditional weeper |
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Second best |
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One back in the pack |
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Bad-luck guy |
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Sore ___ |
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Weeper, in saying |
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Edsel, for one |
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Weeper, in adage |
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Low card. |
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Election casualty. |
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Booby prize winner. |
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Last one in. |
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Winner of a red ribbon. |
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|
Second-best one. |
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Second-best contestant. |
|
|
Little Bo-Peep, for one. |
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Cornwallis at Yorktown. |
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Second best. |
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Winner of the booby prize. |
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|
Team in the cellar. |
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Underdog. |
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Sugar Ray on June 25th. |
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|
He pays up. |
|
|
Defeated one. |
|
|
Also-ran. |
|
|
Beck's breakout hit |
|
|
Defeated candidate. |
|
|
Goliath, for one |
|
|
Humphrey, in 1968 |
|
|
Minnesota to Los Angeles. |
|
|
Tailender. |
|
|
Unlucky one. |
|
|
Short-ender. |
|
|
Member of a Las Vegas majority. |
|
|
An also-ran. |
|
|
Runner-up. |
|
|
Money dropper. |
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