Answer:

LOSERS

AnswerCrossword Clue
LOSERSConsolation-prize winners
LOSERSThe majority of Vegas visitors
LOSERSSuccessful dieters
LOSERSAlso-rans
LOSERSRecipients of "lovely parting gifts"
LOSERSWeepers?
LOSERSUnsuccessful types
LOSERSThey aren't champs
LOSERSConsolation prize recipients
LOSERSPerennial failures
LOSERSHopeless cases
LOSERSThey weep
LOSERSHapless ones
LOSERSFlops
LOSERSDefeated ones
LOSERSNe'er-do-wells
LOSERSSchlemiels
LOSERSUnsuccessful fighters.
LOSERSBag-holders.
LOSERSAlso-rans.
LOSERSDodgers, in 1949 and 1952 World Series.
LOSERSAlso rans.
LOSERSForfeiters.
LOSERSSilky Sullivan and others.
LOSERSHard-luck players.
LOSERSUnderdogs.
LOSERSLast ones in.
LOSERSThe outs.
LOSERSUnlucky players.
LOSERSThe "outs."
LOSERSUnlucky ones.
LOSERSSome weepers.
LOSERSTraditional weepers
LOSERSCertain bridge cards
LOSERSLow cards, usually
LOSERSOutdistanced ones
LOSERSProverbial weepers
LOSERSSandburg poem
LOSERSPoem by Sandburg
LOSERSMisfits