| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| LOSER | Runner-up | |
| SKI | Snow-runner | |
| JOGGER | Runner | |
| SPRINTER | Runner | |
| GOFER | Errand runner | |
| VEST | Runner’s garment | |
| STREAKER | Naked runner | |
| MILER | Distance runner | |
| RACEHORSE | Track runner | |
| SLED | Snow runner | |
| HARE | Fast runner | |
| RENNER | A runner. | |
| SILVER | Olympic runner-up’s medal | |
| BLADE | Ice skate runner | |
| GAZELLE | Graceful African runner | |
| STYLES | Record's groove runner | |
| STYLUS | Record's groove runner | |
| SHOEMAKER | The runner, 12. | |
| YELLOWTAIL | The runner, 12. | |
| CURSITOR | A courier or runner. | |
| CLOSER | See runner-up becoming more intimate | |
| RUNACROSS | Bump into runner; cross, apparently | |
| MARTIN | A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding. | |
| COYOTE | Alternate crony got the Road Runner’s adversary | |
| PROPAGULUM | A runner terminated by a germinating bud. | |