| 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. | |
| DEFECT | Failing to join enemy | |
| FAILURE | A failing; a slight fault. | |
| INCOGNIZANT | Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice. | |
| REMISS | Failing in duty with regard to young lady | |
| DELINQUENT | Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty. | |
| 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 | |
| PERENNIAL | Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing. | |
| UNFAILING | Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure. | |
| UNDERESTIMATING | Failing to appreciate the true value or capacity of someone or something | |
| WANTRUST | Failing or diminishing trust; want of trust or confidence; distrust. | |
| INFIRMITY | A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect. | |
| BLIND | Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. | |
| ABORTIVE | Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt. | |