| Be an unsuccessful gambler | 26 |
| "Tails, you ___" | 26 |
| Miss one's opportunity | 26 |
| "The Biggest ___" | 27 |
| Short straw drawer, e.g. | 24 |
| One who weeps, in a saying | 26 |
| Typical Las Vegas gambler | 25 |
| Perennial last-place finisher | 29 |
| He can't get a break | 24 |
| Hardly one of the in crowd | 26 |
| Willy Loman, classically | 24 |
| Who the jury voted against | 26 |
| What Bryan was to Taft | 22 |
| Unsuccessful trophy seeker | 26 |
| Unsuccessful participant | 24 |
| The one in last place, e.g. | 27 |
| Sometimes a dieter is one | 25 |
| Runner-up, essentially | 22 |
| Pointless player, perhaps | 25 |
| Mondale on Nov. 6, 1984 | 23 |
| McDowell or Pope, at Bull Run | 29 |
| Cornwallis at Yorktown | 22 |
| Consolation-prize recipient | 27 |
| Carthage, in the Punic Wars | 27 |
| Carter vis-Ã -vis Reagan | 26 |
| Beck's first smash | 22 |
| Beck's breakthrough hit | 27 |
| Beck's breakout hit | 23 |
| 'The Biggest --' | 24 |
| Winners' opposites | 22 |
| Weight Watchers patrons | 23 |
| Weepers' predecessors | 25 |
| Ties don't have them | 24 |
| Those with holey pockets | 24 |
| Things that ties never have | 27 |
| They may be sore after a game | 29 |
| They aren't champs | 22 |
| Meets one's Waterloo | 24 |
| Finishes a close second | 23 |
| Falls short, in points | 22 |
| Succeeds with one's diet | 28 |
| Gets the consolation prize | 26 |
| Draws the short straw, say | 26 |
| Doesn't carry the day | 25 |
| Comes in second out of two | 26 |
| Abruptly becomes violet | 23 |
| Receives fewer votes than | 25 |
| Score less than, usually | 24 |
| Words of warning, part 3 | 24 |
| Turning into a chicken | 22 |
| Succumbing to second thoughts | 29 |
| Becoming less emboldened | 24 |
| Taking a financial bath | 23 |
| Doing poorly at a casino | 24 |
| Item in the debit column | 24 |
| Amount printed in red ink | 25 |
| Half a financial statement | 26 |
| L's meaning, sometimes | 26 |
| What red ink indicates | 22 |
| Profit's counterpart | 24 |
| Insurance policy contingency | 28 |
| Half a financial statement? | 27 |
| Fan's disappointment | 24 |
| End of a winning streak | 23 |
| "L," in box scores | 28 |
| What red ink represents | 23 |
| Victory's opposite | 22 |
| Tour's red ink amount | 25 |
| This may be deductible | 22 |
| This makes soreheads sore | 25 |
| Superfan's disappointment | 29 |
| Stockholder's concern | 25 |
| Sports team's setback | 25 |
| Sack result, in football | 24 |
| Recording costs, before sales | 29 |
| Profit's other side | 23 |
| Profit's antithesis | 23 |
| Playoff disappointment | 22 |
| Perfect-record breaker | 22 |
| Outcome of a 10-17 game | 23 |
| Negative Biohazard song? | 24 |
| Minus, on a balance sheet | 25 |
| Minus-yardage in football | 25 |
| It's a win to a dieter? | 27 |
| It might bring a team down | 26 |
| Insurance company concern | 25 |
| Grief counselor's subject | 29 |
| Draw alternative, perhaps | 25 |
| Deductible item on Apr. 15 | 26 |
| Basis for many a claim | 22 |
| Balance sheet entry in red | 26 |
| Balance sheet deduction | 23 |
| Bad outcome for the home team | 29 |
| Bad news for the home team | 26 |
| Part of a boxer's stats | 27 |
| Winners have the fewest | 23 |
| They affect stock prices | 24 |
| The second number in a record | 29 |
| Sports season statistic | 23 |
| Some bottom-line figures | 24 |