| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| MISFILE | "Lose" at the office |
| falls | lose office the party fell from power |
| ERODE | Lose at the bank? |
| OVEREAT | Lose control at the buffet |
| SPINOUT | Lose control at the Indy 500 |
| CHOKE | Lose one's nerve at the worst possible moment |
| LEST | "Beware .. you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow": Aesop |
| ART | It "enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time": Merton |
| LEAVESOFGRASS | Poetry volume that caused Walt Whitman to lose his job at the Department of the Interior |
