| EATIT | Take the loss, slangily |
| ATEIT | Took the loss, slangily |
| BEASPORT | "Don't take the loss so hard!" |
| TRANSPIRATION | In botany, the loss of water from a plant in the form of vapour, especially through the stomata of the leaves (13) |
| RUES | The loss of: regrets the loss of? |
| LONELINESS | Suffering from the loss of company, the loss has Lennie broken up inside (10) |
| ANOSMIA | The loss of the sense of smell |
| AARON | Mets reliever Heilman who got the loss in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS |
| ELLIS | Pitcher Dock who started and got the loss in the 1971 All-Star Game |
| OAK | The battleship Royal ... was torpedoed at Scapa Flow in October, 1939, and sank with the loss of 80 |
| SCAPA | The British battleship Royal Oak was torpedoed at ... Flow in October, 1939, and sank with the loss |
| GOLDEN | The insect Synemon plana, one of Australia's most endangered insect species due to the loss of its habitat |
| NORTH | British prime minister, remembered for his role in the loss of the country's American colonies (4,5) |
| LORD | British prime minister, remembered for his role in the loss of the country's American colonies (4,5) |
| CATCH | Dismissal mode may cause friction after resistance drops, following the loss of the opener (5) |
| GOLDENSUNMOTH | The insect Synemon plana, one of Australia's most endangered insect species due to the loss of its habitat |
| MISSES | Feels the loss of the company of young ladies? (6) |
| NIOBE | In Greek Mythology she was the daughter of Tantalus who turned to stone at the loss of her children (5) |
| ANOSMIE | Name the loss of the sense of smell (7) |
| ALOPECIA | Condition causing the loss of hair, especially on the head (8) |
