| RUNSHORT | Experience some deficiency and fail to reach the tape (3,5) |
| UNDERGO | Suffer, and fail to reach destination? |
| SHORTFALL | Deficiency (and an alternate title for this puzzle) |
| MISSPEAK | Fail to find summit and fail to express oneself clearly and accurately (8) |
| DISTRICT | Almost fail to reach narrowly-defined area |
| STAGNATE | It's natural to keep in step and fail to be vibrant (8) |
| MISSTATE | Make a faulty announcement and fail to locate the Art Gallery (8) |
| TAKEPART | Play a 'bit' role and fail to steal the whole show (4,4) |
| LOSEONES | Become incensed and fail to process the steel properly? (4,4,6) |
| SKIPBAIL | Escapee said to get entangled with poor alibi and fail to appear in court (4,4) |
| WHEREART | Film where three chained convicts try - and fail - to escape by jumping onto a moving train and then escape via a handcart operated by a blind man (1, 7, 5, 3, 4) |
| OBROTHER | Film where three chained convicts try - and fail - to escape by jumping onto a moving train and then escape via a handcart operated by a blind man (1,7,5, 3,4) |
| OVERLOOK | Be too much of a spectator and fail to notice (8) |
| INTEREST | Become bored and fail to profit from investment (4,8) |
| CUTNOICE | Count wrong diamonds and fail to make impression (3,2,3) |
| DISCLOSE | Bring out record and fail to achieve success |
| DRAWAWAY | Move off and fail to win on opponents' ground |
| STANDSUP | Reacts to 15 and fails to meet |
| LOSESTHE | Can't find a pencil and fails to stay in the first place (5,3,4) |
| LETSDOWN | Takes clip out of hair, perhaps, and fails to meet expectations |
