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% replaces any number of letters (la% - lake, lamp)_ replaces one letter (ca_ - car, cat)

Crossword clues for Second-place finishers:

RUNNERUP: Second-place finisher
HARE: Noted second-place finisher
HARE: Fabled second-place finisher
ALSORANS: Second-place finishers
HARE: Second-place finisher, famously
SILVERMEDAL: Second-place finisher's triumph