Related Clues:

• Rough patch
• Batter's "O-fer" streak
• Fall heavily and limply
• Weak period
• Losing period
• Widespread decline in trade
• Rest of MPs no one backs, leading to decline
• Tough economic time
• Economic worry
• Sudden market drop
• Shabby inner-city parking causes depression
• So sincere after sorting out slump
• Collapse of square block
• Fall, as real estate prices
• Troops surrender in a slump