[magus]

Suggested Title: Failure

Theme: first words of phases can mean failure: bomb, turkey, lemon, bust

Some Nits to Pick:
With no title and no internal clue, the theme is covert and likely to be missed.

Ward of “Sisters”   SELA [this cluing is stale; she’s in a new show, why not use it rather than pulling it from some list or other]

Most doting   FONDEST [fond and doting or widely disparate; I’d go with “Most ardent”]

Balloon contents   AIR [shouldn’t that be “content”?]

ETRE

RATING:     Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun