Answer: dying

AnswerCrossword Clue
DYINGBombing, on stage
DYING" . . . despised and ... king": Shelley
DYINGDeclining, as a fire
DYINGSubsiding, with "down"
DYINGBombing, as a comic
DYINGDeclining, as embers
DYINGNot getting many laughs, as a comedian
DYINGFlopping at a comedy club
DYING'A Kiss Before -- ('91 film)'
DYINGSubsiding (with "down")
DYINGFlopping on stage
DYING"I am ..., Egypt . . . ": Shak.
DYINGFading
DYINGFading out
DYINGBombing on stage
DYINGFlopping on a comedy gig
DYINGConking out
DYINGLike a phone down to 1%
dyingto lose force; fade
dyingto cease to live
dyingto cease to function
dyinga passing out of existence
DYINGPerforming very badly, as a comedian
DYINGObsolescent
DYINGStand-up comic's fear
DYINGLosing power
DYINGFizzling out
DYINGAbout to go out
DYINGLike a graying ember
DYINGDesiring greatly, with "for"
DYINGIra Levin's "A Kiss Before ..."
DYINGGoing out, as a fire
DYINGBombing, as a comedian
DYINGOn the way out
DYINGFlopping, as a business
DYINGEager
DYINGAbout to conk out
DYINGFading away
DYINGFailing on the stage
DYINGBecoming extinct, with "out"