Solution - Losers

by Mark Halpin

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Clue answers can be made to fit into boxes by altering them punningly to contain surnames of losing presidential candidates. Boxes are given in alohabetical by answer; reordering shaded letters by order of non-election spells the answer.

Documentary film positing spiritual connections between consciousness and quantum physics
WH(A)T THE BLEEP DEWEY KNOW!?

Donald Trump’s December 9th promise about the efficacy of his giant wall
IT (W)ILLKIE PEOPLE OUT!

Engaging in ill-advised, quixotic pursuits
TILD(E)N AT WINDMILLS

Expression of desolate hopelessness and futility in a Queen hit’s refrain
NOTHING (G)REELEY MATTERS TO ME

Group involved in the construction of the Bonneville Dam, the Panama Canal, and the Pentagon
ARMY GORE OF ENG(I)NEERS

In which Sora and Yokomon have some crazy misadventures on a subway train
ALMOST HUMPH(R)EY

In which young Bingo is clustered around, Corky embarks on an artistic career, and Bertie changes his mind
KERRY O(N), JEEVES

Jimmy Buffett’s amatory plans for early in the week
COME MON(D)ALE BE HOLDING YOU TIGHT

Much-hyped film of 2006 in which a bunch of twisted characters get high
SNAKES (O)N A BLAINE

Relatively comfortable sort of touchdown
THR(E)E-POINT LANDON

Saying advising exercising something lest atrophy occur
HU(G)HES IT OR LOSE IT

“The past is the past”, per Thomas Wolfe
YOU CAN’T GO HOME MCCAI(N)

“There’s exciting stuff happening around here constantly!”
NEVER A DO(L)E MOMENT

What you’d have gotten had you purchased Sea-Monkeys® from the back of a comic book
BRYAN SH(R)IMP

CandidateLetterYear
GreeleyG1872
TildenE1876
BlaineO1884
BryanR1896, 1900, 1908
HughesG1916
LandonE1936
WillkieW1940
DeweyA1944, 1948
HumphreyR1968
MondaleD1984
DoleL1996
GoreI2000
KerryN2004
McCainN2008