| Final trench made when other options have been exhausted (4-5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
19 Oct 2025 |
| Desperate, continue to scrap |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
14 Sep 2025 |
| 1977 novel by Ngaio Marsh (4,5) |
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| As a final desperate effort (4-5) |
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| Stitch lad as final effort (4-5) |
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| City's tired wingers' desire to get to final (4-5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Final effort to survive the trench(4,5) |
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| As final desperate defence (4-5) |
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| Stitch lad developed at the eleventh hour (4,5) |
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| Done as a final resort (4-5) |
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| Stick it out, then abandon final (4-5) |
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| Eleventh-hour attempt (4-5) |
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| Desperate attempt say, for only remaining trench |
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| Final desperate attempt to dump the shoemaker's model first (4-5) |
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| Go on, chuck final! (4-5) |
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| Desperate |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Go on with abandon at the eleventh hour |
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| Achieved at the eleventh hour |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Nov 2023 |
| Go on date long after all else has failed |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 Oct 2023 |
| Endure, long after date that's absolutely final |
The Guardian Quiptic |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Desperate to survive drop |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 May 2021 |
| Final recourse |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Desperate to survive drop |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Done when all other options have been exhausted |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
10 Nov 2019 |
| Final recourse |
Irish Times Simplex |
26 Sep 2019 |
| Denoting final attempt |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Nov 2018 |
| Do-or-die |
The Guardian Speedy |
07 Apr 2018 |
| Eleventh-hour |
Newsday |
09 Dec 2017 |
| "He's making a ___ effort" (Final try): 2 wds. |
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| Survive desert, a place of desperation |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Mar 2017 |
| Desperate, as an effort |
USA Today |
27 Oct 2016 |
| Desperate effort, of course, to get over the final obstacle |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 May 2016 |
| Desperate, as an effort |
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| A good man with depression under 50 is desperate |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Oct 2015 |
| Eleventh-hour |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Sep 2015 |
| Hold out, then abandon such a desperate defence? |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Jan 2015 |
| Desperate, as an effort |
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| Desperate |
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| Desperate, as an effort |
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| Desperate |
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| Like some efforts |
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| Kind of effort |
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| Desperate |
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| Done in desperation |
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| Like some efforts |
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| Desperate, as an effort |
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| Like some efforts |
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| Position of desperation. |
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| Where bitter-enders fight. |
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