| Attempt to win approval |
| Aggressively attempts |
| Snob failed (anag) — extremely difficult situation |
| Attempt to bypass opposition |
| Attempts a quick escape |
| When all else has failed |
| A lifeless, massive, lumbering exercise in failed comedy," per Roger Ebert in 1987 |
| Attempt, in British parlance. |
| Advice that the four long entries with circles failed to follow |
| An attempt to bring order out of chaos," per Sondheim |
| Utterly failed |
| Utterly failed at |
| Diaper-wearing/attempted kindaper/astronaut Nowak |
| Attempt |
| Attempts to strike |
| Knievel who once endured a 29-day coma after a failed jump |
| Failed utterly |
| Hostile attempts to acquire competing products? |
| He said "Most editors are failed writers - but so are most writers |
| Youngster's lyric, perhaps after five missed attempts in this puzzle |
| Set again, as a failed trap |
| Additional attempts, informally |
| Rebound attempt? O-no! |
| Failed big-time |
| Attempted deception |
| Attempt at cooperation: 1920–46 |
| Attempts to get a higher court to overturn one's espionage conviction? |
| Catches, as an attempted base stealer |
| Attempts |
| McLachlan single with the line "I do believe I failed you |