| INVAIN | Without success or a result (2,4) |
| PARFORTHECOURSE | Perfect hours, or a result good for clubs as usual (3,3,3,6) |
| SELLOUT | A show or other event for which all tickets have been purchased; a commercial success; or, a betrayal of one's principles for financial gain (4-3) |
| ACHIEVES | Attains success or a desired result |
| FLYING | With 35-Across, complete success ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 46- and 51-Across |
| SUMMIT | Apex or acme of anything such as a mountain or of success; or, an assembly of government leaders (6) |
| VAINLY | Without success |
| TROPHY | A memorial of success, or glory, etc (6) |
| ATTILA | Endless hunt, namely, to sack Rome was his quest, without success (6) |
| WISHES | An expression of desire for someone's good fortune, happiness, success or welfare; or, one's hopes and wants generally (6) |
| HEYDAY | The time of greatest success or prosperity (6) |
| STREAK | Run of success or luck (6) |
| SWIM | A natatorial act referred to, with its opposite "sink", in a phrase alluding to success or failure; a condition of dizziness, giddiness or swoon; or, any gliding, graceful or smooth motion (4) |
| PIVOT | A fulcrum, pin or shaft on which something turns; or, a central person or thing, essential to the success or progress of any undertaking (5) |
| GODWINSON | Harold was a man that was sponsored without success (9) |
| TOAST | Tradition of raising a glass and drinking to someone's good health or success; or, browned bread used for canapes, soldiers or bruscetta (5) |
| SPEED | Rate of motion or action; each one of a bike's gear ratios; or, an old word for success or prosperity (5) |
| ARISTOTLE | "All men seek one goal: success or happiness. The only way to achieve true success is to express yourself completely in service to society. First, have a definite, clear, practical ideal-a goal, an ob |
| DAKAR | Naturalist without success tours a capital in Khartoum, an African city (5) |
| SEARCHINVAIN | Look without success for his cavern in a fog (6,2,4) |
