Crossword Clue:

one who is in a hopeless situation

AnswerCrossword Clue
LIEROne who is in a horizontal position
COWARDSEach of them is "one who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs": Bierce
EDWARDLEARThere once was an author from Britain - Who laughed at the poems he'd written - "Five lines to a verse - Is so very terse - I can finish 'em up in one sittin'."
POLOne who is in
PBOMOTEEOne who is raised in rank
TOASTOne who is doomed, in slang
SELFAWAREIn touch with who one is
GOODSPORTOne who is gracious in both victory and defeat
ERASMUSWho wrote "In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king"
RUMI13th-century Persian mystic who is one of the best-selling poets in the U.S.