Anagrams of: EADLIFTS

• held in check with difficulty

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• be unsuccessful

• disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

• stop operating or functioning

• be unable

• judge unacceptable

• fail to get a passing grade

• fall short in what is expected

• become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close

• prove insufficient

• deteriorate

• United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)

• held up in the air

• far away from home or one's usual surroundings

• in or into a field (especially a field of battle)

• off the subject; beyond the point at issue

• any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws

• move as if through a sieve

• separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

• check and sort carefully

• distinguish and separate out

• To remove fat from a material, especially by the use of solvents

• a style of glazed earthenware; usually white with blue decoration

• acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly

• (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time

• at a rapid tempo

• abstaining from food

• quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

• firmly or closely

• (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds

• resistant to destruction or fading

• unrestrained by convention or morality

• hurried and brief

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

• (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time

• abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons

• abstain from eating