Defeated competitor(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Defeated competitor”, taken from the Evening Standard's Easy crossword on 4th September 2025.

The answer is

L O S E R

5 letters · most recently seen on 4th September 2025

Other clues that solve to LOSER

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#10 across Not the winner (5) 17th May 2026
#26 across Victor's opposition to new roles (5) 13th November 2025
#21 down Defeated competitor (5) 4th September 2025
#13 down Not the best man for tricky roles? (5) 10th August 2025
#21 across Defeated competitor (5) 5th August 2025
#12 down Defeated competitor (5) 15th April 2025
#20 down Beaten competitor (5) 1st April 2025
#6 down Defeated competitor (5) 11th December 2024
#26 across Defeated competitor (5) 2nd December 2024
#19 across Defeated competitor (5) 24th September 2024
#14 down Defeated competitor (5) 23rd May 2024
#26 across One who cannot keep switching roles (5) 9th January 2024
#28 down Not the winner (5) 24th August 2023
#4 down One who failed to win new roles (5) 24th August 2023
#28 down Not the winner (5) 7th June 2023
#16 across Contestant who lacked resolution in returning? (5) 23rd May 2023
#15 down Beaten competitor (5) 13th October 2022
#31 across Being a failure left Rose in a mess (5) 14th July 2022
#4 down A failure as a keeper (5) 29th June 2022
#16 across Not the winner (5) 28th June 2022
#4 down Not the best man for new roles? (5) 2nd June 2022
#31 across Not the winner (5) 16th May 2022
#31 across Defeated person (5) 7th March 2022
#15 down A failure in new roles (5) 22nd December 2021
#14 down Not the winner (5) 17th August 2021
#14 down He doesn't keep changing roles (5) 20th July 2021
#10 across Not the winner (5) 8th March 2021
#26 across Victor’s opposition to new roles (5) 3rd June 2020
#21 down Defeated competitor (5) 20th January 2020
#13 down Not the best man for tricky roles? (5) 18th December 2019
#21 across Defeated competitor (5) 4th December 2019
#6 down Defeated competitor (5) 30th September 2019
#28 down He can't keep changing roles! (5) 5th September 2019
#13 down Defeated competitor (5) 31st July 2019
#12 down Defeated competitor (5) 27th December 2018
#20 down Beaten competitor (5) 13th December 2018
#6 down Defeated competitor (5) 3rd September 2018
#26 across Defeated competitor (5) 22nd August 2018
#19 across Defeated competitor (5) 20th June 2018
#14 down Defeated competitor (5) 13th March 2018

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