| SNAILMAIL | Slow delivery, in all, is failing to secure a maiden over |
| MAY | The second woman to serve as prime minister of the U.K., she resigned in 2019 after failing to secure a Brexit deal |
| UNACADEMIC | I'm a dunce, failing to secure a modest exam grade - being this? |
| SEIKO | Redford's watch in "All Is Lost" |
| IAN | ___ Mckellen, Kenneth Branagh's co-star in All is True (3) |
| NEGATIVE | Give a ten to one who is failing to affirm? |
| AMORETTI | A maiden over the top, about to be hugged - I must go after chubby boys (8) |
| BACKWOODSMAN | Rarely seen Lord's player bowls Notts opener a maiden over |
| MEDIAN | The central point of a maiden over |
| THUNDERCLAP | Boom - this is failing to be controlled by hand |
| ARTIST | Dramatist is failing to get mad with one of those responsible for picture (6) |
| SENTIMENT | Feeling tent is failing to accommodate soldiers (9) |
| BLIND | Truss accepting pound is failing to produce expected growth |
| FALLINGBEHIND | Insulation on the bottom is failing to keep up (7,6) |
| DRAWL | Child comes up, beginning to launch a slow delivery |
| STEALSON | Takes advantage of, as a pitcher with a slow delivery |
| POWERBOAT | A towrope failing to secure bulkhead of pleasure craft (9) |
| MOIST | Maiden over, initially, is time to play on a damp surface (5) |
| SPEAKSOUT | Protests, One Direction finally failing to secure top spots (6,3) |
| ALLOT | Making every effort, but failing to secure university grant |
