| Unsuccessful contestant resolutely returned, half-cut |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
21 Mar 2026 |
| Defeated contestant (5) |
Mirror Quick |
15 Feb 2026 |
| Exchange roles with no-hoper (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Feb 2026 |
| Door maybe not opening? One's unlikely to get in first |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Feb 2026 |
| Last one to cross the finish line |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2026 |
| Also-ran |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jan 2026 |
| Habitual failure |
The Times Concise |
21 Jan 2026 |
| Player out of luck, perhaps? Not so far losing head (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
20 Jan 2026 |
| Defeated contestant (5) |
Mirror Quick |
19 Jan 2026 |
| Exchange roles with no-hoper (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
19 Jan 2026 |
| One might be sore or poor |
USA Today |
14 Jan 2026 |
| Failure |
The Times Sunday Concise |
11 Jan 2026 |
| One who suffers defeat |
Commuter |
08 Dec 2025 |
| Defeated competitor (5) |
Mirror Classic |
03 Nov 2025 |
| Locker room sulker |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Oct 2025 |
| Unhappy roles for one who doesn't win |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Oct 2025 |
| Hapless sort |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Oct 2025 |
| Sore ___, someone who may be salty for not winning |
|
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| Runner-up |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2025 |
| Defeated contestant (5) |
Mirror Quick |
07 Oct 2025 |
| Exchange roles with no-hoper (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 Oct 2025 |
| Also-ran |
|
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| One defeated |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Sep 2025 |
| Concession speech deliverer |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2025 |
| 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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| Exchange roles with no-hoper (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Jul 2025 |
| Defeated contestant (5) |
Mirror Quick |
06 Jul 2025 |
| Carlos Eriksen was a bit of a failure (5) |
|
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| Exchange roles with no-hoper (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
25 Jun 2025 |
| Defeated contestant (5) |
Mirror Quick |
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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| Also-ran |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Showing insufficient resolve, possibly, he was beaten (5) |
|
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| One coming off worse (5) |
|
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| He can't keep being a failure! (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) |
|
|
| 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 |
| Defeatist Beck song |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Feb 2025 |
| Shipwreck |
|
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| "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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| Unsuccessful contestant (5) |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jan 2025 |
| Exchange roles with no-hoper |
Mirror Cryptic |
15 Jan 2025 |
| Also-ran |
Mirror Quick |
15 Jan 2025 |
| High scorer in golf |
|
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| Also-ran |
Mirror Quick |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Exchange roles with no-hoper |
Mirror Cryptic |
08 Jan 2025 |
| One with possibly sole right to the wooden spoon? (5) |
|
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| Pathetic person |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Defeated participant |
The Times Concise |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Fiasco left unresolved to a degree (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Winner's opponent ROLES |
|
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| Roles (anag) (5) |
|
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| One not winning different roles (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 |
| ___ Takes All, Graham Greene novel (5) |
|
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| 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 |
| No winner! (5) |
|
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| Not the best man for tricky roles? (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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| Last one to cross the finish line |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Goliath, notably |
Newsday |
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 |
| Winner's opponent |
|
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| Person defeated |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Varied roles for biggest dieter in reality show (5) |
|
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| Ne'er-do-well |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2024 |
| Every ___ Wins, Nick Berry hit (5) |
Puzzler |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Failure to interpret roles (5) |
|
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| 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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| Defeated contestant |
Mirror Quick |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Runner-up to exchange roles |
Mirror Cryptic |
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 |
|
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| Figure the new variety of rose is a non prize winner (5) |
|
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| He gets beaten if he can't find something (5) |
|
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| Not the winner (5) |
The Telegraph Mini |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Concession speech giver |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Various roles defeat him (5) |
|
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| The Biggest ___, reality TV show for slimmers (5) |
Puzzler |
22 Jun 2024 |
| 2000 Amy Heckerling romantic comedy film starring Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari and Greg Kinnear |
|
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| 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 |
| Change roles with no-hoper |
Mirror Cryptic |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Defeated contestant |
Mirror Quick |
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 |
|
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| Washout |
The Times Concise |
24 Mar 2024 |
| Unlucky competitor |
|
|
| No-hoper exchanges roles (5) |
|
|
| Also-ran |
LA Times Daily |
21 Mar 2024 |
| He's unsuccessful at switching roles (5) |
|
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| Failure of finisher missing header |
|
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| Victor's opposite number (5) |
|
|
| One of the 87-Down |
Premier Sunday |
10 Mar 2024 |
| Beaten contestant (5) |
|
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| The defeated (5) |
|
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| 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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| One doesn't succeed in close race |
|
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| Unlucky contestant |
|
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| Different roles for everyone who wins in Nick Berry's 1986 song (5) |
|
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| Sore ___, someone who may be salty for not winning |
|
|
| No-hoper changing roles (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Last person? |
|
|
| Luckless sort; roles (anag.) |
|
|
| Daniil Medvedev vis-a-vis Novak Djokovic in the 2023 U.S. Open final, e.g. |
|
|
| Beaten player |
|
|
| One not victorious in close race (5) |
|
|
| Little River Band song, Lonesome ... |
|
|
| Last one in the race (5) |
|
|
| He failed to resolve it - some went back (5) |
|
|
| Teen college romantic comedy starring Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari |
|
|
| Failure among close relatives |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Nov 2023 |
| Also-ran |
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 |
|
|
| Sore ___ (one who reacts badly to failure) |
|
|
| 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 |
| Player who topples the Jenga tower |
USA Today |
18 Nov 2022 |
| One defeated |
The Telegraph Quick |
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 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
02 Sep 2022 |
| Line over river blocked by points failure |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Unlucky one makes up endless resolutions. |
|
|
| Failure of Super League? Football fans to finally riot |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 May 2022 |
| An also-ran |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Sore ___ (one who reacts poorly to failing) |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| “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 |
|
|
| 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 |
| Sore __ |
|
|
| One missing out -- gets nearer, but not number one |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
| Luckless sort |
|
|
| One who can't 21-Down |
|
|
| Drawer of the short straw |
|
|
| Many a gambler |
|
|
| Luckless fellow |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Dec 2018 |
| Failure in variety of roles |
|
|
| Failure among close relatives |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Oct 2018 |
| Defeated contender |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Oct 2018 |
| 28-Down's opposite |
|
|
| 28-Down's opposite |
LA Times Daily |
07 Oct 2018 |
| Sore ___ (someone who reacts poorly to a defeat) |
|
|
| Failure is more imminent without leader |
|
|
| '90s Beck hit |
Universal |
27 Sep 2018 |
| No-hoper with dreadful roles |
|
|
| Failure in variety of roles |
|
|
| Schlemiel |
|
|
| 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 |
| Postgame sulker |
|
|
| Luckless fellow |
|
|
| Down-on-one's-luck sort |
|
|
| Juvenile put-down |
|
|
| 28-Down's opposite |
|
|
| '90s Beck hit |
|
|
| Also-ran |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2017 |
| Player over 21, perhaps |
|
|
| Player over 21, perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Jun 2017 |
| Once deprived of love, slacker's a failure |
|
|
| 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 |
| Consolation prize recipient |
|
|
| Any of three semifinalists, eventually |
|
|
| Player over 21, perhaps |
|
|
| What a two-fingered "L" represents |
|
|
| Unlucky one |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2017 |
| Deadbeat, e.g. |
|
|
| Also-ran |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Mr. Wrong? |
LA Times Daily |
30 Sep 2016 |
| One who shuts up having caught out failure |
|
|
| One who shuts up having caught out failure |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Sep 2016 |
| 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 |
|
|
| One unsuccessful, solitary guy having change of heart |
The Times Cryptic |
09 Mar 2016 |
| One disadvantaged among close relations |
|
|
| Usually disappointed one |
|
|
| Schlemiel |
|
|
| Short-straw picker |
|
|
| Sore __ |
|
|
| Dud |
|
|
| One not getting an Olympic medal |
|
|
| Last place finisher, obviously |
|
|
| Defeated party |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Dec 2015 |
| A failure in failed roles |
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 |
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| 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 |
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| Mysterious roles from The Misfit |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Put-down from Donald Trump |
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| X-O-X line in tic-tac-toe, e.g. |
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| Winner's victim |
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| One finishing second |
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| One who finishes last |
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| One finishing second? |
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| Last-place finisher |
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| Everyone except the winner |
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| Hard luck case |
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| Ne'er-do-well |
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| Schlub |
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| Sad sack |
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| Mr. Wrong? |
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| Early Beck single |
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| Hapless sort |
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| Beck's breakout single |
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| Short-straw drawer |
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| Sore sort, maybe |
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| Schlemiel |
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| Many a casino visitor |
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| Schlemiel |
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| One not allowed in the winners' circle |
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| Runner-up |
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| One finishing second |
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| Typical Las Vegas gambler |
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| One who finishes last |
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| Sad sack |
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| Also-ran |
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| See 56 Down |
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| Beck single of 1993 |
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| Vanquished one |
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| Taunting word |
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| Chump |
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| Ne'er-do-well |
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| Last one in |
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| One-day "Jeopardy!" contestant, e.g. |
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| Weeper, proverbially |
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| Hardly one of the in crowd |
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| He can't get a break |
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| Also-ran |
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| Also-ran |
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| One who can't catch a break |
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| The hare, notably |
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| Also-ran |
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| Consolation-prize recipient |
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| Like one who is 52-Down |
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| Hopeless guy |
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| Last one in |
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| Like one who is 52-Down |
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| On reflection one's not quite resolute enough |
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| Beck hit of 1993 |
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| Defeated rival |
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| Short-straw drawer |
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| Beck's breakthrough hit |
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| Beck's first smash |
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| One who weeps, in a saying |
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| Successful dieter |
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| Unfortunate fellow |
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| He can't get a break |
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| Person faking a smile at an awards show |
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| Runner-up in a race |
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| Doofus |
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| #2 or #3, say |
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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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| Also-ran |
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| Consistent failure |
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| Defeated one |
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| 36-Down, notably |
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| 2000 Jason Biggs comedy-romance |
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| #2 or #3 |
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| Short-straw drawer |
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| Also-ran |
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| Successful dieter |
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| Habitual failure |
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| Consistent failure |
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| "The Biggest ___" |
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| Jerk |
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| Schlemiel |
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| Runner-up |
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| Deadbeat |
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| Short straw drawer, e.g. |
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| Bottom dog |
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| Schlemiel |
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| Born __ |
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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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| Luckless one |
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| Dweeb |
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| Person trying to smile at an awards show |
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| Unsuccessful trophy seeker |
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| Misfit |
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| Flop |
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| Beck hit with the lyric "So why don't you kill me?" |
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| Place or show horse |
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| Sore one, maybe |
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| Last-place finisher |
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| Flop |
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| Unsuccessful trophy seeker |
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| Misfit |
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| Short-straw drawer |
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| Mr. Wrong? |
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| Pointless player, perhaps |
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| Short straw drawer, e.g. |
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| Schlemiel |
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| Luckless fellow |
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| He may be sore |
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| Last one in |
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| One who doesn't go past a semi? |
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| Hardly a winner |
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| Sad sack |
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| Also-ran |
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| Terse putdown |
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| Perennial last-place finisher |
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| He may be sore |
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| "The Born __" |
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| Consistent failure |
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| Short-straw drawer |
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| Stock that drops in value |
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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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| Sometimes a dieter is one |
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| Misfit |
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| Dweeb |
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| Dweeb |
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| Successful dieter |
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| Naked strip poker player, e.g. |
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| Luckless one |
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| Defeated rival |
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| Locker room sulker |
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| Short straw drawer |
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| Luckless one |
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| Runner-up, essentially |
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| Successful dieter |
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| Perry Mason, only once |
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| Jenny Craig fan |
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| He has lots of sour-grapes? |
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| Any of three semifinalists |
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| Athlete, at times |
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| Any of three semifinalists |
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| Creep |
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| Short straw drawer |
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| Short-straw drawer |
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| Doofus |
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| Short-straw drawer |
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| Habitual failure |
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| Habitual failure |
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| Luckless one |
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| The one in last place, e.g. |
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| Consolation prize recipient |
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| Schlimazel |
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| Weeper, maybe |
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| Wanderer |
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| Sore person? |
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| Hopeless one |
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| Not a medalist |
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| Second place finisher |
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| Schlimazel |
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| Good sport, perhaps |
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| One who weeps, in a saying |
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| Also-ran |
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| Sad sack |
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| Pathetic person |
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| Fortune s fool |
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| Misfit |
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| Short-straw drawer |
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| One with sour grapes? |
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| He's sore, maybe |
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| Hit song from Beck |
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| Bad bet |
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| Hopeless guy |
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| A good dieter? |
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| Last-place team |
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| "The Born ___" (Chip Sansom comic strip) |
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| Runner-up in a match race |
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| One without promise |
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| See 143-Down |
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| Runner-up |
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| Not a medalist |
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| One finishing second |
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| One bettered |
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| Cleveland in the '94 World Series |
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| Fortune's fool |
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| Unfortunate fellow |
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| Vanquished |
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| The Beatles' "I'm a ____" |
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| Misfit |
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| Dewey in 1948 |
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| Hard-luck case |
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| What Bryan was to Taft |
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| Carthage, in the Punic Wars |
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| T.K.O. victim, e.g. |
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| Vanquished one |
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| Born ___ (schlemiel) |
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| Unsuccessful participant |
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| Bested one |
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| Defeated pitcher |
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| Defeated one |
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| Born follower |
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| Weeper, proverbially |
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| Defeated contestant |
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| Unlucky one |
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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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| His wager should have been sager |
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| McGovern, in 1972 |
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| Carter vis-à-vis Reagan |
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| Ford in 1976 |
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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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| One back in the pack |
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| Second best |
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| Traditional weeper |
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| Sore ___ |
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| Bad-luck guy |
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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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| Underdog. |
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| Member of a Las Vegas majority. |
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| An also-ran. |
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| Runner-up. |
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| Money dropper. |
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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. |
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| 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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| Short-ender. |
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| Sugar Ray on June 25th. |
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| He pays up. |
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| Defeated one. |
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| Humphrey, in 1968 |
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| Minnesota to Los Angeles. |
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| Tailender. |
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| Unlucky one. |
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| Defeated candidate. |
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| Beck's breakout hit |
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| Goliath, for one |
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| Also-ran. |
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