| EGOLESS | Lacking vanity, say, loses out |
| MODEST | Lacking vanity, like Mussorgsky, nominally? |
| ELATION | Auntie, say, loses head in high spirits (7) |
| ROW | Atkinson, say, loses an argument |
| FLOORING | Bewildering affair in which Othello, say, loses head |
| OARLESS | Loses out crossing a river without rower? (7) |
| INSOLES | Loses out in first parts of footwear (7) |
| DEAL | Business arrangement is perfect, but one loses out (4) |
| LONELINESS | Linen loses out in solitary state |
| SOLES | Loses out on some of the shoes |
| SOLE | Black loses out - doesn't even finish! (4) |
| SLOE | Black loses out - doesn't even finish! (4) |
| OUTSTRIPS | Loses out? It's Proust! (9) |
| SHOELESS | She loses out in socks (8) |
| GLOSSIER | Shinier rig loses out (8) |
| RSLS | The Royal Society loses out on diggers' clubs |
| SLOES | Where fruit's concerned, loses out (5) |
| SHRINKS | Gets smaller curling venues after south loses out (7) |
| GORMLESS | Manager loses out, being foolish (8) |
| LOSANGELES | American city messenger loses out (3,7) |
