| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| FOOLPROOF | Never-failing | |
| WEAKNESS | Failing | |
| FIZZER | Failing firecracker | |
| CRASHING | Failing (of computer) | |
| FAULT | Defect or failing | |
| LOSING | Failing to keep | |
| OUTOFSTEP | Failing to conform | |
| SHORTCOMING | Failing or defect | |
| RUB | Imperfection; failing; fault. | |
| BUSTLING | Failing lungs bit busy | |
| DEFECT | Failing to join enemy | |
| FAILURE | A failing; a slight fault. | |
| OVENS | Witch groups failing to start furnaces | |
| NEGATE | Reject failing agent before end of course | |
| INCOGNIZANT | Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice. | |
| STUPOR | US port failing state ... caused by narcotics? | |
| OTHELLO | Play failing to start? Go to hell, perhaps | |
| REMISS | Failing in duty with regard to young lady | |
| DELINQUENT | Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty. | |
| BEREAVEMENT | Mutilated beaver next to cement failing to start sorrow | |
| ARROW | Failing to start war with petty quarrel and missile | |
| POINTLESSNESS | The futility of describing a blunt pencil’s main failing | |
| BLOT | A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark. | |
| FOIBLE | A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty. | |
| BOMBING | Mob turns on Crosby for failing miserably at the box office | |