| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| If all goes wrong | LA Times Daily | 11 Nov 2020 |
| Two drunk with star in least favourable case | The Sun Two Speed | 12 Jun 2020 |
| If all else fails | The Sun Two Speed | 12 Jun 2020 |
| If everything goes as badly as possible | Wall Street Journal | 19 Jan 2019 |
| 'If all else fails ...' | New York Times | 18 Jun 2017 |
| A couple relax; drained of energy, to be pessimistic | The Times Cryptic | 12 Jun 2017 |
| "If all else fails ..." | ||
| If everything fails miserably | Universal | 22 Jul 2016 |
| Answer couple with consecutive letters, most pessimistically | The Times Cryptic | 05 May 2016 |
| If everything fails | New York Times | 03 Jan 2016 |
| In the most dire circumstance | ||
| In the least favorable case | ||
| If all goes awry | ||
| Under truly awful circumstances | ||
| Least desirably | ||
| Least optimally | ||
| Pessimist's hypothetical | ||
| Least favorably | ||
| If everything else fails | ||
| Under the least favorable circumstances | ||
| On one extreme | ||
| Most unfavorably | ||
| If everything goes wrong | ||
| Minimally | ||
| Under least desirable conditions |