| Erosion | 7 |
| Amount printed in red ink | 25 |
| Negative entry | 14 |
| Half a financial statement | 26 |
| Win's opposite | 18 |
| Leader leader | 13 |
| L's meaning, sometimes | 26 |
| Game not won | 12 |
| Disappointing finish | 20 |
| Dieter's hope | 17 |
| Basis for a claim | 17 |
| What red ink indicates | 22 |
| Standings stat | 14 |
| Sports page column | 18 |
| Something to mourn | 18 |
| Result of a sack | 16 |
| Red-ink figure | 14 |
| Red ink figure | 14 |
| Profit's partner? | 21 |
| Profit's partner | 20 |
| Profit's counterpart | 24 |
| It spoils hot streaks | 21 |
| Insurance policy contingency | 28 |
| Income-tax deduction | 20 |
| Half a financial statement? | 27 |
| Fan's disappointment | 24 |
| Failed investment | 17 |
| End of a winning streak | 23 |
| Election defeat | 15 |
| Dieter's triumph | 20 |
| Dieter's goal | 17 |
| Bottom-line negative | 20 |
| At a ___ (puzzled) | 18 |
| At a __ for words (speechless) | 30 |
| Any Buffalo Bills Super Bowl result | 35 |
| "L," in box scores | 28 |
| Win alternative | 15 |
| What red ink represents | 23 |
| What boxer Marciano never suffered as a pro | 43 |
| What "L" stands for in box scores | 43 |
| Victory's opposite | 22 |
| Unfavorable result | 18 |
| Tour's red ink amount | 25 |
| This may be deductible | 22 |
| This makes soreheads sore | 25 |
| This makes some sore | 20 |
| Team statistic | 14 |
| Tax-form write-off | 18 |
| Surety concern | 14 |
| Superfan's disappointment | 29 |
| Sum in red | 10 |
| Success, to a dieter | 20 |
| Subject for an insurance company | 32 |
| Stockholder's concern | 25 |
| Stock market reverse | 20 |
| Sports team's setback | 25 |
| Slam set, e.g. | 14 |
| Sack result, in football | 24 |
| Sack in football | 17 |
| Result of a QB sack | 19 |
| Red-ink significance | 20 |
| Red-ink designation | 19 |
| Recording costs, before sales | 29 |
| Reason for a tax deduction, maybe | 33 |
| Profit's other side | 23 |
| Profit's antithesis | 23 |
| Profit and -- | 13 |
| Portfolio setback | 17 |
| Playoff disappointment | 22 |
| Personnel casualty | 18 |
| Perfect-record breaker | 22 |
| Parenthetical number? | 21 |
| Parenthetical number | 20 |
| Parenthesized entry | 19 |
| Outcome of a 10-17 game | 23 |
| Opposite of a win | 17 |
| Number after a dash, in sports stats | 36 |
| Nonprofit? | 10 |
| Nonprofit situation | 19 |
| Non-profit situation | 20 |
| Negative Biohazard song? | 24 |
| Negative balance | 16 |
| Misplacement | 12 |
| Minus, on a balance sheet | 25 |
| Minus-yardage in football | 25 |
| Match disappointment | 20 |
| It's a win to a dieter? | 27 |
| It prevents a win-win situation | 31 |
| It might bring a team down | 26 |
| Insured's report | 20 |
| Insurance subject | 17 |
| Insurance company concern | 25 |
| Inge's "A ___ of Roses" | 37 |
| Impairment | 10 |
| Grief counselor's subject | 29 |
| Gain's offset | 17 |
| Football setback | 16 |
| Firm fear | 9 |
| Drop on Wall Street | 19 |
| Draw alternative, perhaps | 25 |