| Hopeful loser? | 14 |
| His fare is spare | 17 |
| He practices girth control | 26 |
| He loves to lose | 16 |
| Happy loser | 11 |
| Devotee of Bantingism | 21 |
| Careful eater | 13 |
| Calories counter | 16 |
| Brit who might lose a stone? | 28 |
| Atkins acolyte | 14 |
| Weight watchers | 15 |
| They practice girth control | 27 |
| They're happy to lose | 25 |
| They try to lose | 16 |
| They rue the sweets of yesteryear | 33 |
| They choose to lose | 19 |
| They bantingize | 15 |
| Scale models? | 13 |
| People you may be seeing less of | 32 |
| People who want to lose | 23 |
| Ones who've got something to lose? | 38 |
| Ones who lose on purpose | 24 |
| Ones drawn to scale? | 20 |
| Losers with good attitudes | 26 |
| Lean Cuisine target market | 26 |
| Fat fighters | 12 |
| Calorie counters | 16 |
| Bulge battlers? | 15 |
| Specialist in the study of nutrition | 36 |
| Popular soda | 12 |
| "0 calories. 0 carbs" drink | 37 |
| Coke Zero alternative | 21 |
| Coca-Cola Zero alternative | 26 |
| Low-cal drink | 13 |
| Low-cal soda | 12 |
| It's light and bubbly | 25 |
| Regimens | 8 |
| Cuts calories | 13 |
| Counts calories | 15 |
| Loses on purpose | 16 |
| Legislative bodies | 18 |
| Food plans | 10 |
| Watches the waistline | 21 |
| Tries to lose | 13 |
| Fare reductions | 15 |
| Weight-loss plans | 17 |
| Practices girth control | 23 |
| Loses on purpose? | 17 |
| Legislative assemblies | 22 |
| Girth control methods? | 22 |
| Eating regimens | 15 |
| Tries to stop expanding | 23 |
| Takes off weight | 16 |
| Subjects of many New Year's resolutions | 43 |
| Some legislatures | 17 |
| Losing schemes | 14 |
| Losing plans | 12 |
| Fare reductions? | 16 |
| Fare plans | 10 |
| Watches calories | 16 |
| They feature fare reductions | 28 |
| South Beach plan and others | 27 |
| South Beach and the like | 24 |
| Some crash programs | 19 |
| Slims down | 10 |
| Practices girth control, e.g. | 29 |
| Losing efforts | 14 |
| Food regimens | 13 |
| Attempts at waist removal? | 26 |
| Women's magazine fodder | 27 |
| Weight-loss regimens | 20 |
| Weight-loss programs | 20 |
| Watches one's waistline | 27 |
| Waist-reduction plans | 21 |
| Waist wasters | 13 |
| Waist removal regimens? | 23 |
| Tries to shed | 13 |
| Tries to lose weight | 20 |
| Tries to halt expansion? | 24 |
| Tries to change a spare tire? | 29 |
| Things often gone on | 20 |
| They're losing propositions | 31 |
| Systems of waist removal? | 25 |
| Subjects of many best sellers | 29 |
| Subjects for many books | 23 |
| Some New Year's resolutions | 31 |
| Skips second helpings | 21 |
| Sitologists' subjects | 25 |
| Scarsdale, etc. | 15 |
| Restricts calories | 18 |
| Removes excess poundage | 23 |
| Reduction regimens | 18 |
| Reducing plans | 14 |
| Reduces the fare | 16 |
| Pritikin et al. | 15 |
| Practices middle management? | 28 |
| Plans to lose | 13 |
| Physician's recommendations | 31 |
| Perennial best-seller subjects | 30 |
| Obesity remedies | 16 |