Related Clues:

• L, on a league table
• Profit opposite
• Deficits
• Introduction being missing from explanation could be considered this
• Result of coming in second to the winner
• Disappointing Super Bowl result
• The L word?
• A win? No, sorry
• Checkmates an opponent, say
• Harm – defeat
• What a perfect season lacks
• End of a hot streak
• What you got instead of a win
• Column on a record
• Source of grief