| WINIFRED | "If it's black, I lose, but I ___ comes up" |
| WHITE | "If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's ___, say goodnight!" (bear advice) |
| PITCH | Can't be green if its black (5) |
| BELT | If it's black, you kick well |
| LIED | "Said I Loved You ... But I ___" (1993 Michael Bolton hit) |
| SOONBURNEDOUT | "At first I tried to become a barbecue guru, but I ___ ..." |
| COULDNTHACKIT | "Then I spent some time as a cabdriver, but I ___ ..." |
| DRIFTED | 'I used to be Snow White, but I __': Mae West |
| BREAKEVEN | Neither win nor lose, but tear apart nevertheless (5,4) |
| INCUS | Cousin with nothing to lose but bone of middle ear maybe (5) |
| MESS | Where men eat Moses had nothing to lose, but was upset (4) |
| GOUT | Go out with nothing to lose but joint pain (4) |
| OFFICIALESE | If I lose face going wrong, out comes the gobbledegook |
| WATERLOO | ABBA song with the lyric I feel like I win when I lose |
| LOS | Frank Black "I want to live in ___ Angeles" |
| ISOBAR | Line on map in black -- I fly around it (6) |
| ELECTRICBLANKET | Bed warmer from Crete, black, I lent out (8,7) |
| ANTIIMPERIALIST | Shared identity of Boer and Black: "I nail team spirit amazingly" (4-11) |
| KITH | Friends dressed in black I think (4) |
| AMNO | "But I ___ more I": Lorca |
