| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| SKIDS | On the ....: failing |
| DYING | Failing on the stage |
| SEEME | Teacher's note on a failing test |
| LYING | Failing the polygraph |
| ABSURD | Failing the laugh test |
| WITHHOLDINGTAXES | Failing to pay the government? |
| TARDY | Failing to beat the bell |
| EGOISM | Failing of the self-centered |
| DUSTY | Failing the white-glove test |
| DUSTY | Failing the white-glove test, say |
| DUI | Result of failing the Breathalyzer test |
| PRIDE | "The never failing vice of fools": Pope |
| EATALLCOSTS | What the backer of a failing business may do? |
