| ORIENTEER | Get my bearings in competition, or I come in about last in race |
| WINNINGS | Money gained in competition or by gambling (8) |
| ENCHANTER | Magician to come in about detective (9) |
| MOSTLY | Lost my bearings often (6) |
| ENTRY | A door, passage or other ingress affording a way in; an act of going onto a stage or into a building, competition or race; or, an item recorded in a diary, dictionary, ledger, list or log (5) |
| WOODEN | ____ spoon, imaginary prize given to those last in a competition or race (6) |
| INDEXED | Listed in legal document, about last in box (7) |
| MONTECARLORALLY | Terribly corny moral tale about last in downhill race (5,5,5) |
| STEREO | Music system in store, perhaps, about last in range (6) |
| BESETS | Precious stones incorporated into gold or silver adornments of the same name; ornamental bosses for stained glasswork; ruby bearings in watches; or, highly valued people or things (6) |
| NIPANDTUCK | Level in a race, competition or comparison (3,3,4) |
| THEREUNTO | The little pig's about last in house; wolf's second thus far |
| SNICK | Fed up about last in sprint getting heavy criticism (5) |
| ORIENT | Get your bearings in countries of the East (6) |
| SEME | Of a heraldic field or charge, covered with many identical small bearings in a regular pattern (4) |
| CEASE | Finish last in race in trial |
| TWOHORSERACE | A competition or election in which there are only a couple of teams or candidates with a chance of winning (3-5,4) |
| STABLEMATE | Horse is steady and dull, last in race (10) |
| CLOSING | Second from last in race failing at the finish (7) |
| LEASEHOLDERS | Those who might be letting last in race into lead, senior citizens, ultimately (12) |
