Related Clues:

• Defeated player looks teary from time to time
• One failing to win quirky roles
• Booby-prize recipient
• Jenga tower toppler, e.g
• Artist in salon, drunk, is loser
• Unsuccessful horse
• Fourth-place finisher, say
• Young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli
• One can't win with philosopher dismissing hip-hop
• Article about solar storm, one failing to win award
• One snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, say
• No-hoper is more relaxed with one round to go
• One missing out -- gets nearer, but not number one
• The hare, to the tortoise
• Paper, vis-à-vis scissors