Cruciverbalist

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The Cruciverbalist

Explanations

Front runners? ...................................DESERTERS

(as in running from the front lines in a war)

Title holder .....................................SPINE

(as in the spine of a book)

Unloaded? ........................................SOBER

(as in no longer loaded, or drunk)

Course shunned by losers? ........................DESSERT

(as in losers of weight)

Camel droppings ..................................ASH

(as in Camel cigarettes)

Still the most ...................................CALMEST

(as in most stilled)