### Clue: Pages in black and white only just done! (6)
### Answer: PIPPED 
 ### Explanation: Definition: only just done
 PP(abbrev. for "pages") **contained in**(in) PIED(having markings of 2 or more colours, from the magpie's black and white colouring).
Answer: Having been only just defeated, as in "pipped at the finishing line".