Was a bench warmer
Was a benchwarmer
Was a big drinker?
Was a blabbermouth
Was a blowhard
Was a boob
Was a bother to
Was a bounder?
Was a bowler
Was a braggart
Was a busybody
Was a buttinsky
Was a call-in guest
Was a candidate
Was a candidate for election
Was a cast member of
Was a catalyst for
Was a commander
Was a company member
Was a competitor
Was a consumer?
Was a contender
Was a copycat
Was a coward
Was a creeper?
Was a crew member
Was a crybaby
Was a dealer in
Was a deserter
Was a drain on
Was a factor in
Was a fare
Was a fifth wheel
Was a fink
Was a fink to
Was a football official, casually
Was a front-runner
Was a frontrunner
Was a girl-watcher
Was a glutton
Was a good dog
Was a good dog, in a way
Was a good dog, perhaps
Was a good doggie?
Was a good investment
Was a good Samaritan to
Was a gossip
Was a guide
Was a hit, say
Was a horrible night watchman
Was a huge success
Was a hustler
Was a jazz combo sub
Was a jockey
Was a joint tenant?
Was a kvetch
Was a late riser
Was a leadfoot
Was a letter
Was a little too fond
Was a lookout for, perhaps
Was a makeup artist?
Was a marathoner
Was a member
Was a mentor to
Was a mole
Was a mole, perhaps
Was a motor-mouth
Was a motormouth
Was a nag
Was a neighbor of
Was a noisy sleeper
Was a nomad
Was a nudnik
Was a pain in the neck?
Was a pain to
Was a parasite
Was a passenger
Was a passenger on
Was a piece of cake
Was a pioneer
Was a poor night watchman
Was a porch pirate
Was a precursor of
Was a prelude
Was a prelude (to)
Was a proxy to
Was a rat
Was a rat fink
Was a ratfink
Was a real stinker
Was a rebuker
Was a retailer in
Was a roast host, say
Was a rocker?
Was a rolling stone
was a roughrider
Was a rude member of the gallery
Was a secret agent
Was a sign of
Was a slug
Was a snitch
Was a snoop
Was a sore loser, say
Was a sorry sort?
Was a sound sleeper?
Was a sounding board
Was a spellbinder
Was a star?
Was a stoolie
Was a straphanger
Was a sub
Was a sub at the office
Was a substitute
Was a success
Was a successful 25-Across
Was a tattletale
Was a threat
Was a threat or menace
Was a threat to
Was a trailblazer
Was a trendsetter
Was a tributary for
Was a tributary of
Was a true consumer
Was a turkey
Was a valedictorian, e.g.
Was a visionary
Was a wallflower
Was a wanderer
Was a wheelman for, say
Was a whiz on a quiz
Was a witness
Was a yes-man
was able
Was able to
Was able to acquire, informally
Was able to answer on a test
Was able to laugh at
Was able to place
Was able to reach
was able to see the Holy Grail
Was about to blow up
Was about to fall over
Was about to nod, maybe
Was absent from
Was absent, yet recast? Not Stan Laurel
was absolutely obsessed with the girl
Was absolutely sure
Was absorbed in thought
Was abundant
Was acceptable
Was acceptable to
Was accepted
Was accepted as a member
Was accepted by
Was accommodating
Was acquainted with
Was acquainted with an antelope?
Was active at an auction
Was addicted to
Was adequate
Was adjacent to
Was admitted
Was admitted to
Was adventurous
Was affected by
Was affected by too heavy a weight, say
Was afflicted with
Was afoot
Was afraid of losing
Was against
Was agitated
Was ahead
Was ahead in points
Was ahead of everyone else
Was ahead of the rest
Was all over social media
Was all smiles
Was allowed to pay later
Was almost out of stock
Was amazed by, with "at"
Was an accountant?
was an actor
Was an adorer
was an agent for
Was an agent, say
Was an aggressive baserunner
Was an awful night watchman
Was an awful security guard
Was an errant driver?
Was an informant
Was an obedient dog
Was an obedient dog, in a way
Was an obedient dog, perhaps
Was an obedient doggie, in a way
Was an omen of
Was angry to the max
Was angry, informally
Was annoying to
Was anti-weed?
Was apparently lit
Was appealing
Was appealing?
Was apprehensive of
Was armed, in old-fashioned slang
Was around
Was arraigned
Was artificially cooled, for short
Was as good as
Was aswarm
Was at fault
Was at one time, but ___ now
Was at the Colosseum?
Was at the forum?
Was at the front
Was at the helm
Was atop
Was atrocious
Was attentive
Was attractive (to)
Was attractive?
Was audibly impressed
Was audibly pleased
Was awarded
Was aware
Was aware of
Was aware that doing something was bad
Was awesome
Was awful
Was awful at the Improv
Was awful, in slang
Was babbling
Was bad
Was bankrupt, say
Was barely heard
Was beaten by
Was bedbound
Was begging for a citation
Was behind
Was behind a register, maybe
Was behind in the match
Was behind schedule
Was behind the wheel
Was behind, in a way
Was beholden to
Was belligerent
Was benched
Was benched, say
Was beside