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

Other crossword clues for answer "NOWIN"

NOWIN
Like a situation that won't 58-Down
Kind of situation
Futile
Like a Catch-22
___ situation (lost cause)
Hopeless, as a situation
Unpromising, as a situation
Sort of situation
Like hopeless situations
It's a ___ situation!
Hopeless, as situations go
Like a hopeless situation
Certain kind of situation
Victorless
Hopeless
Like an impossible situation
Impossible
Darned-if-you-do, darned-if-you-don't
Impossible, and hint to this puzzle's theme
Like a choice between evils
Sure to end in failure, as a situation
Sure to end badly
Lose-lose
Bad sort of situation
Type of situation
Like some situations
Bound to fail
Beyond help
Unsalvageable
Vain
_____ situation
Grim, as a situation
Kind of situation that's hopeless
'It's a -- situation'
-- situation
Like a frustrating situation
Situation for a tie?
Like futile situations
Like a lose-lose situation
Hopeless situation
Having only unfavorable outcomes
Offering only unhappy outcomes