Shoemaker's form, when visiting doctor, is desperate |
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Glass apt to break having been made almost at point of defeat (4-4) |
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Final flag hoisted above ship's stern, done in desperation at the eleventh hour |
The Guardian Cryptic |
23 Sep 2022 |
Final, final warning for snaky type sounds like a touch of desperation |
Irish Times Crosaire |
14 Apr 2022 |
Final breath or at the last possible moment |
Irish Times Simplex |
10 Feb 2022 |
Desperate final attempt |
Universal |
22 Jan 2022 |
Tap glass for refreshment at 10:59:59? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Mar 2021 |
Final, often desperate attempt |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2021 |
Final, final warning for snaky type sounds like a touch of desperation |
Irish Times Crosaire |
21 Jan 2021 |
At the eleventh hour, when one has run out of pants? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Aug 2020 |
Eleventh-hour |
Newsday |
29 Feb 2020 |
Pal's stag degenerated -- what you might call a lucky escape |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Dec 2019 |
The final possible moment |
Irish Times Simplex |
02 Oct 2019 |
*Third of the most commonly seen characters in 'Gridiron Gang,' e.g.? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Mar 2019 |
Final desperate effort |
New York Times |
11 Nov 2018 |
Final breath or done at the last possible moment of effort |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 Sep 2018 |
Final desperate effort |
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Like a Hail Mary pass |
The Washington Post |
28 Apr 2017 |
Like a Hail Mary pass |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2017 |
Final breath |
Irish Times Simplex |
10 Apr 2017 |
Like a Hail Mary pass |
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Done in desperation |
New York Times |
17 Nov 2016 |
Desperate |
The Washington Post |
11 Sep 2016 |
Final moment |
The Guardian Quick |
20 Feb 2016 |
Done in desperation |
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Done at the last moment |
The Times Concise |
10 Apr 2015 |
Desperate final effort |
USA Today |
19 Jan 2015 |
Desperate final effort |
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Eleventh-hour |
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Desperate final effort |
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Desperate |
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Like a desperate effort |
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Desperate |
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Like a desperate effort |
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Desperate |
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Sign of desperation |
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Sign of desperation |
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Desperation tactic |
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Extremely desperate |
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End |
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Kind of effort |
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Desperate final effort |
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Desperation, of a sort |
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Desperation tactic |
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Coming at the very end |
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Closing moment |
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Desperation tactic |
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Final critical moment |
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Kind of effort |
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At the ___ (prior to the end) |
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At the ___ (just before the end) |
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Kind of effort |
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