| 2026-06-11 | Fall short |
| 2025-08-04 | Get an F |
| 2025-06-22 | F that comes right after A, B, C and D |
| 2024-10-15 | Not pass |
| 2024-01-16 | Don't pass |
| 2020-12-18 | Hold for another year, say |
| 2020-02-19 | Not get above 60, say |
| 2019-07-10 | Come to nothing |
| 2017-10-01 | Get 29-Across |
| 2016-11-18 | Crash and burn |
| 2016-09-20 | Pass's opposite |
| 2014-01-05 | Go pfft |
| 2013-12-31 | Not make the grade? |
| 2013-10-24 | Bomb |
| 2013-10-21 | "Words ___ me!" |
| 2012-07-01 | Come to naught |
| 2011-10-16 | Flunk |
| 2011-05-18 | With 55-Across, 58-/46-Across movie (1964) |
| 2009-06-12 | Without ___ (religiously) |
| 2007-12-09 | Go kaput |
| 2007-07-18 | Not work out |
| 2007-07-10 | Go bankrupt |
| 2007-06-24 | Wash out |
| 2007-01-28 | Strike out |
| 2006-09-18 | Go bankrupt |
| 2005-04-28 | Go belly up |
| 2004-12-05 | Go belly-up |
| 2004-08-25 | Come up short |
| 2003-09-10 | Come to naught |
| 2003-08-25 | Go bankrupt |
| 2000-12-24 | Not work out |
| 1998-04-09 | Go kaput |
| 1998-01-03 | Fall short |
| 1997-02-10 | Flunk |
| 1996-10-08 | Bomb |
| 1996-06-18 | Go pfft! |
| 1996-05-26 | Not work |
| 1995-09-19 | Lose power |
| 1995-08-30 | Go belly up |
| 1995-07-01 | Lose vigor |