| MISSINGLYNX | Felines briefly discovered, then lost again; appropriately, they're called ... |
| BERRYGORDYJR | He discovered, then managed, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles |
| VET | Medic to a feline briefly |
| EDENTATA | Armadillos etc discovered so long after Oriental study (8) |
| HITON | Discovered, so bang the start button (3,2) |
| OLDESTKNOWN | Most ancient, discovered so far |
| TAHOE | Then lost it all in ___... |
| MISLAID | Is left in possession of servant then lost (7) |
| ORPHEUS | He went through hell to get his wife back. Then lost her |
| CHARLTONHESTON | Carried by ferryman, then lost at sea, old player |
| TROLLS | Fishes with a moving line left and right then lost it |
| GASHED | Sliced silver up then lost hair (6) |
| STUMBLED | Last acrobats tumbled, then lost their footing (8) |
| MONTENEGRO | In their six matches against England, ____'s national football team drew with them three times, then lost three times |
| KANE | Title film character described by a reporter as "a man who got everything he wanted and then lost it" |
| FIDGETSPINNER | Toy which was banned by many schools in 2017. having quickly gained and then lost popularity (6.7) |
| MALI | East African so lost in west Africa |
| BOOTLESS | Be so lost (anag) - vain (8) |
| SNOWSHOE | When so, so lost on mountain, it helps (8) |
| EXPRESSIONLESS | Betraying no emotion, so lost for words? |
