Crossword Clue:

the act of failing

Answer	Crossword Clue
EGOISM	Failing of the self-centered
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?
LYING	Failing the polygraph
SKIDS	On the ....: failing
DYING	Failing on the stage
ABSURD	Failing the laugh test
DUSTY	Failing the white-glove test
TARDY	Failing to beat the bell
WITHHOLDINGTAXES	Failing to pay the government?

DUSTY	Failing the white-glove test, say