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Unfancied runner however, won during ending without winning at all (8)

Quick parse . .

Definition/ anagrind/ fodder without the letters w-i-n-n-i-n-g

Nudge Rod - possible a giant-killer? (8)

Sorry! should be...

Nudge Rod - possibly a giant-killer? (8)

(Bad! Rude!) Dong is a poor performer (8)

Profounder dogmatism might reveal subordinate (8)

Good evening, all. We're getting closer to the witching hour but there's still time to land that killer clue. I wouldn't like my obtuseness to overlook a gem, so perhaps its author or someone else can help with the parsing of a couple:

paul@7 Sorry, I'm just not getting this.
bbm2@8 I'm not seeing how "harry married" fits in

I'll be back later.

Tweak to mine
Bitch could be an outsider(8)

Harry = dog, bedevil etc.
married - indication that the two words are joined in some way
beneath = under
[him - an outsider] = definition

I did agonise over the "him" but it was essential to the surface read and I managed to convince myself it formed a phrase that was itself the definition.

Black Beauty = dark horse = underdog