1) Anderson or Carter in 1980 2) Another finisher 3) Aqueduct trailer 4) Beaten candidate 5) Big-A laggard 6) Bottom-line horse 7) Campaign loser 8) Candidate who lost 9) Chronic loser 10) Concession speech deliverer 11) Concession speech giver 12) Consolation prize recipient 13) Defeated one 14) Defeatee Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/also-ran
· (in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers. · an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/also-ran