| COMPLETEFAILURE | Not just a flop |
| TURKEY | Gallinaceous gobbler, tom, hen, jake or jenny known collectively as a raffle or a rafter; three strikes in a row in tenpin bowling; or, a flop (6) |
| MISS | A failure to attain, catch, hit or reach; a flop, as opposed to a smash; or, a title corresponding to "mademoiselle" (4) |
| TOWER | "You're the Nile; You're the ... of Pisa; You're the smile; On the Mona Lisa; I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop; But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top" |
| TOTAL | "You're the Nile; you're the Tower of Pisa; You're the smile on the Mona Lisa; I'm a worthless check, a ... wreck, a flop; But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top" |
| LASAGNE | Dish is a flop in a way (7) |
| SMASH | A flop it is not |
| BOP | Opposite of a flop, per a Vulture column |
| WASHOUT | A flop - are not fast colours (7) |
| HIT | Song that's not a flop |
| TIMEBOMB | Nearly all this paper's a flop? It'll be a blast in due course |
| PROFILE | What a flop! Such anger! It's just an outline of it (7) |
| BOMB | Bed & Breakfast that included a chant was a flop (4) |
| LOSER | Impostor not quiet, left on top becomes a flop (5) |
| GODOWNLIKEALEADBALLOON | Divine hosts have a clue party with nothing on is to prove a flop |
| FAILURE | Switching, if a bait proves to be a flop (7) |
| SAGA | Getting over a flop - it's a long story (4) |
| DUD | Because he's a bit of a flop (3) |
| EDSEL | Then it was a flop, but now it's a honey |
| DROOPY | Like a flop-eared pup's ears |
