| ILLSTARRED | Doomed to end in failure (3-7) |
| STARCROSSED | Top player provided scoring chance, doomed to end badly |
| NOWINSITUATION | Presently in job that's bound to end in failure (2-3,9) |
| NOWIN | Certain to end in failure (2-3) |
| COMETOGRIEF | Firm encountered by one in poor forge gets to end in failure (4,2,5) |
| IMPASSE | One's inability to answer in "Millionaire" ends in failure to progress (7) |
| ASSEMBLAGE | Rising confusion during a theft leads to end in house construction |
| DEADNETTLE | Ladette to end in trouble with a stinger lookalike (4,6) |
| ENHANCED | Upgraded, he can end in failure (8) |
| ETUI | Case ends in failure but you must have independence (4) |
| DIES | Ends in failure |
| DUPED | Deluded shop venture ends in failure (5) |
| YEARNED | Longed for a period in life to end in style (7) |
| COOP | They implicated business involved in failure to escape - w 2dn (3,3,4) |
| FLYTHE | They implicated business involved in failure to escape - w 19ac (3,3,4) |
| ONTHEWRONGTRACK | Acting in such a way that it is likely to result in failure or cause an accident (2,3,5,5) |
| CROPPER | Harvester comes to this in failure (7) |
| EMBASSY | Mission ending in failure, swimmer stuck in well! (7) |
| LENO | His tenure was set to end in 2009, to the delight of many, though he's reported to be reconsidering |
| CHESTOFDRAWERS | Game about to end in grief with prize going back in storage unit (5,2,7) |
