Related Clues:

• Not a marathon winner
• Mere participant
• Cryptographer's need
• Fundamental
• Horse named on a crumpled betting slip
• Florida island
• 1812 versifier
• Vital
• Consolation prize recipient
• Coral reef
• Major
• Defeatee
• Miss Congeniality, e.g.
• Pivotal
• Third-place finisher, e.g.