| Jerk |
| Flop |
| Sore |
| Chump |
| Dweeb |
| Nobody |
| Doofus |
| Schlub |
| Misfit |
| Failure |
| Sad sack |
| #2 or #3 |
| No-hoper |
| ___ Born |
| Also ran |
| A failure |
| Runner-up |
| Schlemiel |
| Mr. Wrong |
| Vanquished |
| Bested one |
| Bottom dog |
| Schlimazel |
| Hapless one |
| Second best |
| Last one in |
| Unlucky one |
| Not a winner |
| Deadbeat ___ |
| Bad-luck guy |
| Ford in 1976 |
| Hopeless guy |
| Short-ender. |
| Hapless sort |
| Luckless one |
| Defeated one |
| Ne'er-do-well |
| Taunting word |
| #2 or #3, say |
| Dewey in 1948 |
| '90s Beck hit |
| Born follower |
| Terse putdown |
| Luckless sort |
| Edsel, for one |
| Defeated rival |
| Fortune's fool |
| Hard-luck case |
| Many a gambler |
| Word with sore |
| Vanquished one |
| Deadbeat, e.g. |
| Not a medalist |
| Not the winner |
| He may be sore |
| Scratches (out) |
| Person defeated |
| Postgame sulker |
| Sore one, maybe |
| Trumpian insult |
| Winner's victim |
| Defeated person |
| Luckless fellow |
| Pathetic person |
| Goliath, for one |
| 'The Biggest --' |
| Defeated pitcher |
| Dewey, to Truman |
| Early Beck smash |
| Habitual failure |
| Sore sort, maybe |
| Weeper, in adage |
| Beck hit of 1993 |
| The hare, notably |
| Early Beck single |
| Humphrey, in 1968 |
| Juvenile put-down |
| One might be sore |
| Proverbial weeper |
| Vanquished person |
| Weeper, in saying |
| Beaten competitor |
| McGovern, in 1972 |
| Winner's opposite |
| Successful dieter |
| Beck's first smash |
| Locker room sulker |
| Short-straw picker |
| Traditional weeper |
| Unfortunate fellow |
| Consistent failure |
| Defeated candidate |
| Short straw drawer |
| Beck single of 1993 |
| Beck's breakout hit |
| Good sport, perhaps |
| Runner-up in a race |
| T.K.O. victim, e.g. |
| Place or show horse |
| Defeated contestant |
| Defeated competitor |
| Last-place finisher |
| Born ___ (schlemiel) |
| Burgoyne at Saratoga |
| One back in the pack |
| He can't get a break |
| Weeper, proverbially |
| Many a casino visitor |
| One finishing second? |
| One with sour grapes? |
| The one with 0 in 7-0 |
| One who finishes last |
| Beck's breakout single |
| Cornwallis at Yorktown |
| One might come in last |
| Runner-up, essentially |
| What Bryan was to Taft |
| Beck's breakthrough hit |
| Down-on-one's-luck sort |
| Mondale on Nov. 6, 1984 |
| Player over 21, perhaps |
| Carter vis-à-vis Reagan |
| The Beatles' "I'm a ____ |
| Unsuccessful participant |
| Usually disappointed one |
| Willy Loman, classically |
| Short straw drawer, e.g. |
| Drawer of the short straw |
| Pointless player, perhaps |
| Sometimes a dieter is one |
| Typical Las Vegas gambler |
| Olympian who doesn't medal |
| Put-down from Donald Trump |
| Unsuccessful trophy seeker |
| Who the jury voted against |
| Hardly one of the in crowd |
| One who weeps, in a saying |
| Consolation prize recipient |
| Carthage, in the Punic Wars |
| One who can't catch a break |
| The one in last place, e.g. |
| McDowell or Pope, at Bull Run |
| Perennial last-place finisher |
| Last place finisher, obviously |
| Naked strip poker player, e.g. |
| Participation trophy recipient |
| Person who comes in last place |
| Someone who fails consistently |
| 2000 Jason Biggs comedy-romance |
| One who doesn't go past a semi? |
| X-O-X line in tic-tac-toe, e.g. |
| A weeper, according to a saying |
| One not getting an Olympic medal |
| His wager should have been sager |
| Cleveland in the '94 World Series |
| What a two-fingered "L" represents |
| The Biggest ___" (NBC reality show) |
| One-day "Jeopardy!" contestant, e.g. |
| Strip poker player in the buff, e.g. |
| Any of three semifinalists, eventually |
| One not allowed in the winners' circle |
| Person faking a smile at an awards show |
| Person trying to smile at an awards show |
| Beck song with the lyric "Soy un perdedor |
| The Biggest ___" (reality show about getting fit) |
| Beck hit with the lyric "So why don't you kill me? |
| The Biggest ___" (reality show hosted by Bob Harper) |