| OUTOFTHERUNNING | Scratched having a poor chance of winning (3,2,3,7) |
| ODDS | Long ___: a poor chance of winning, such as at a flower show by exhibiting substandard produce (4) |
| LONGSHOT | Drive that stands a poor chance of success? (4,4) |
| LONGODDS | A poor chance, usually in gambling, of winning (4,4) |
| OUTSIDE | Like the poor chance of the dismissed team (7) |
| UNEDUCATED | Having a poor level of schooling (10) |
| NOBBLER | One who tampers with a racehorse or a greyhound to thwart either beast's chances of winning; a thimblerigger's accomplice; a briber, filcher, grabber, kidnapper, pilferer or swindler; or, a dram of sp |
| ILLBORN | Having a poor pedigree |
| DOWNATHEEL | Having a poor shabby appearance (4-2-4) |
| BADNAME | Ben Adam unusually having a poor reputation (3,4) |
| TWOHORSERACE | A competition or election in which there are only a couple of teams or candidates with a chance of winning (3-5,4) |
| INTHERUNNING | Having a good chance of winning (2,3,7) |
| ODDSON | Having a better than even chance of winning (4-2) |
| SLIM | Poor, chance-wise |
| UNDERDOG | What describes a competitor thought to have little chance of winning a fight or contest? (8) |
| NOHOPERS | They haven't a chance of winning with losers (2-6) |
| FINALIST | He has a chance of winning in the last round (8) |
| EVENS | Point/Points to a fifty-fifty chance of winning (5) |
| COMPETES | Comes across dog that has a chance of winning (8) |
| STRONGSUITS | "___ have a better chance of winning damages for plaintiffs than weak ones" |
