Related Clues:

• 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
• No-hoper’s new role picking up seaweed at front
• One wouldn’t succeed the Spanish queen
• Final finisher
• Nearer snatching the lead, but never a victor
• Failed contender more relaxed missing an Oscar
• Failure of a person nearer losing head
• Runner-up in close race?
• The hare, in 'The Tortoise and the Hare'
• One who's not won
• Unsuccessful gambler
• Runner-up? Nearer being a non-starter