| TOLDOFF | Scolded because towel we lost, found in the end mouldy? (4,3) |
| HOLSTER | Case the lady's lost found vandalised inside (7) |
| DINE | To have a meal one found in the end to be wrong (4) |
| LITH | Scottish joint set fire to, hydrant found in the end |
| INCREASED | Up is where bats may be found in the end |
| GIMMEABREAK | 1980s Nell Carter sitcom, and a hint to the puzzle theme found in the ends of 17-, 32-, 39- and 46-A |
| LOWEST | We lost out in the end presumably (6) |
| UNDY | On this day in the middle of June, we lost one of our leading authors -- he's buried in a place near Caldicot (4) |
| SWAM | Chiodos "We ___ From Albatross the Day We Lost Kailey Cost" |
| TOWELS | Those we lost, foolishly, in the launderette? |
| THROWINTHETOWEL | Start it off in Croke Park with the lot we lost to? Give up! (5,2,3,5) |
| TROWELS | The tools we lost had fallen right inside |
| MISSOURI | State what we'd do if we lost a vowel? (8) |
| SLOWEST | Furthest off the pace when we lost out to top sprinter (7) |
| OWLETS | Somehow we lost the young birds (6) |
| AERIAL | "We lost the - - - battle," said Johann van Graan of Munster's 2019 Heineken Cup semi-final defeat by Saracens (6) |
| CHICKENFEED | "So we lost a billion last year. That's ___!" |
| ASHES | Trophy we lost like men (5) |
| WELLAGAIN | Recovered all we lost with a win (4,5) |
| LITTLEOWLS | Hooters going off till we lost (6,4) |
