Possible Clues:

• Jerk
• Person destined to be taken advantage of (informal)
• He took all in Greeneland
• Has-been Labour leader rose unsteadily
• See some service that will never be any good?
• Winner's opponent
• Beck's breakthrough hit
• He failed to find the Spanish-British queen initially
• Person faking a smile at an awards show
• Willy Loman, classically