Crossword Clue:

to fail to take part in

Answer	Crossword Clue
UPFOR	Eager to take part in
PASSUP	Decline to take part in
EONSFORNEWS	What it used to take to get word in prehistoric times?

STRIPMAXINE	Command to the promiscuous widow in "The Night of the Iguana" to take her clothes off?
SAKHALIN	Island in Sea of Okhotsk, part to Russia, part to Japan.
SITON	Fail to take action
MELT	Fail to take the heat?
NEGLECT	Fail to take care of