| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| LOSER | Failure | |
| NOHOPER | Failure | |
| DUD | Failure | |
| DEFAILURE | Failure. | |
| MISSUCCESS | Failure. | |
| FLOP | Theatrical failure | |
| FIASCO | Ludicrous failure | |
| WASHOUT | Complete failure | |
| PRATFALL | Humiliating failure | |
| DUFFER | A failure | |
| DEFAILANCE | Failure; miscarriage. | |
| LOSTCAUSE | Failure no hoper | |
| SUCCESS | Opposite of failure | |
| MISCARRIAGE | Failure (of justice) | |
| DEMISE | Failure or termination | |
| INFALLIBLE | Incapable of failure | |
| DEFEATISM | Expectation of failure | |
| MALFUNCTION | Failure to perform | |
| ALIBI | Excuse for failure | |
| FAILANCE | Fault; failure; omission. | |
| NONARRIVAL | Failure to arrive. | |
| NONELECTION | Failure of election. | |
| LAPSE | Brief failure of concentration | |
| ABSENCE | Failure to be present | |
| OMISSION | Failure to do duty | |