| Get whupped | 11 |
| Get whipped | 11 |
| Get routed | 10 |
| Get beaten | 10 |
| Drop, as pounds | 15 |
| Suffer deprivation | 18 |
| Shake, so to speak | 18 |
| Shake, as a tail? | 17 |
| Qualify for the consolation round | 33 |
| Blow, as a game | 15 |
| Be vanquished | 13 |
| Be an also-ran | 14 |
| Attain also-ran status | 22 |
| Throw, as a fight | 17 |
| Succeed with one's diet | 27 |
| Succeed on a diet | 17 |
| Shake off, as a shadow | 22 |
| Receive fewer votes | 19 |
| Meet one's Waterloo | 23 |
| Make a successful getaway from | 30 |
| Leave Vegas empty-handed | 24 |
| Invest badly | 12 |
| Give up a walk-off homer, e.g. | 30 |
| Get upset, in a way | 19 |
| Get the short straw | 19 |
| Get the highest score, in golf | 30 |
| Get skunked | 11 |
| Get shellacked, say | 19 |
| Get rid of, so to speak | 23 |
| Get blitzed | 11 |
| Get bested | 10 |
| Finish second or last | 21 |
| Fail to prevail | 15 |
| End up with a consolation prize | 31 |
| Emulate the hare | 16 |
| Elude on purpose | 16 |
| Draw the wrong straw | 20 |
| Diet-ad verb | 12 |
| Costello and Gehrig | 19 |
| Blow, as a lead | 15 |
| Be deprived of | 14 |
| Be bested or worsted | 20 |
| Be beaten | 9 |
| Alternative to win or draw | 26 |
| Allow to go out of sight | 24 |
| "Rikki Don't ___ That Number" | 43 |
| "Heads I win, tails you ___" | 38 |
| ''Rikki Don't ___ That Number'' | 51 |
| You might do it if you're behind | 36 |
| Word before face or heart | 25 |
| What you may do when you snooze? | 32 |
| What schlimazels usually do | 27 |
| Underscore? | 11 |
| Trail the field | 15 |
| Throw a walk-off homer, e.g. | 28 |
| Take it on the chin, say | 24 |
| Succeed, dietwise | 17 |
| Succeed at dieting | 18 |
| Shake, in away | 14 |
| Shake, in a way | 15 |
| Shake, as a police tail | 23 |
| Shake, as a detective | 21 |
| Score the 3 in a 4-3 game | 25 |
| Receive the booby prize | 23 |
| Place, e.g. | 11 |
| Place last, say | 15 |
| Pete Yorn "___ You" | 29 |
| Outspeed handily | 16 |
| Not be victorious | 17 |
| Miss the blue ribbon | 20 |
| Miss out on a prize | 19 |
| Meet defeat | 11 |
| Leave far behind | 16 |
| Kiss "Nothin' to ___" | 35 |
| Have no luck at gambling | 24 |
| Have a setback | 14 |
| Go home empty-handed, say | 25 |
| Go home empty-handed | 20 |
| Go down to defeat | 17 |
| Get trounced | 12 |
| Get the short end | 17 |
| Get the booby prize | 19 |
| Get outscored | 13 |
| Get licked | 10 |
| Flub the game | 13 |
| Finish fourth | 13 |
| Fare badly at the track | 23 |
| Fall (to) | 9 |
| Fail to win a medal | 19 |
| Fail to medal | 13 |
| Fail to maintain | 16 |
| Fail to conquer | 15 |
| End up with nothing | 19 |
| Emulate a fabled hare | 21 |
| Eat dirt | 8 |
| Earn some lovely parting gifts | 30 |
| Earn 'consolation prizes' | 33 |
| Drop, as weight | 15 |
| Don't prevail | 17 |
| Disappoint the coach, perhaps | 29 |