Answer: ILOST

AnswerCrossword Clue
ILOST"Oh, well; that's the game"
ILOST"... My Sugar in Salt Lake City" (1943 hit)
ILOST"When ... You" (Irving Berlin song)
ILOSTIrving Berlin's "When ... You"
ILOST"... My Heart in Monterey" (1927 hit)
ILOSTJenny Craig testimonial starter
ILOSTWeird Al Yankovic's "... on Jeopardy"
ILOSTThe Temptations' "Since ... My Baby"
ILOST"Since ... My Baby" (1965 Temptations hit)
ILOST"All right, you beat me"
ILOSTCompetitor's lament
ILOST"You beat me"
ILOSTJohnny Mercer's "... My Sugar in Salt Lake City"
ILOSTWeird Al's "... on Jeopardy"
ILOST"Since ... My Baby" (Temptations hit)
ILOSTThe Love .... :'73 song
ILOST"When ... You" (Irving Berlin)
ILOST"Love ..." (1970s rock song)
ILOSTAlso-ran's words
ILOSTDispirited cry
ILOST"Couldn't manage to pull it out"
ILOSTDispirited utterance
ILOSTRunner-up's rueful report
ILOSTStart of a dieter's brag
ILOST"Didn't bring my A-game"
ILOSTCasino admission?
ILOSTWeird Al Yankovic's ".. on Jeopardy"
ILOSTGambler's lament
ILOSTPauline Kael's "... It at the Movies"
ILOSTPlayer's lament
ILOST"Victory was not mine"
ILOSTDisappointed postgame comment
ILOSTPostgame recap?
ILOSTWords of defeat
ILOSTGambler's words of lament
ILOST"Came up short"
ILOSTAdmission of defeat
ILOSTRunner-up's lament
ILOST"... my place" (reader's lament)
ILOSTAlso-ran's lament