Answer:

failure

AnswerCrossword Clue
FAILUREDud
FAILUREPart three of quote
FAILURELack of success
FAILUREWhat "you always pass ... on your way to success": Mickey Rooney
FAILUREKakorrhaphiophobe's fear
FAILUREBomb
FAILUREInsolvency.
FAILURERuin.
FAILUREFalling short.
FAILUREDud.
FAILUREBankruptcy
FAILUREIt's said to be "the mother of success"
FAILUREOpposite of success
FAILUREFear of many