Related Clues:

• Not the winner in final, so ranted
• One set off but got no place
• It's not among the top few journals or annuals to display
• Second-rate performer: a computer network endlessly troubled internally
• Loser was in a hurry as well
• Too frank, essentially: he didn't get a place
• Too controlled to be a nonentity
• Losing contestant
• Unplaced competitor
• Too controlled, as a nonentity
• Orchestra's appearance among islands is a loser
• One undistinguished set of players entering a country, not Italy
• Beaten candidate
• A contestant who loses
• Into the bargain, artist has nothing primarily that won't make the frame