Related Clues

• Eager
• Bombing, as a comic
• Declining, as embers
• Not getting many laughs, as a comedian
• Faulkner's "As I Lay ___"
• Ira Levin's "A Kiss Before ___"
• Going out, as a fire
• Fizzling out
• Desiring greatly, with "for"
• Like a graying ember
• About to go out
• Losing power
• Failing on the stage
• Flopping at a comedy club
• Performing very badly, as a comedian
• Bombing, as a comedian
• Subsiding (with "down")
• Failing onstage
• Bombing on stage
• Flopping, as a business