| EOD | Deadline for a last-minute assignment: Abbr. |
| WHENBY | What's the deadline for a North Yorkshire hamlet? (6) |
| OPENLATE | Convenient for a last-minute shopper |
| EVE | Good name for a last-minute planner? |
| EYELEVEL | Mirror-hanging height in the foyer, ideal for a last-minute check of one's coif before heading out: 2 wds. |
| RESCUE | Action of an RNLI boat; a last-minute help; a freeing of a kitten; or, a mountain recovery, saving one's soul/health (6) |
| PARIS | Destination for Mrs Harris or a place for a Last Tango (5) |
| DROVE | Steered crowd or crush, whether a herd of cattle or a mob of shoppers during a last-minute Christmas rush (5) |
| EBAY | Website where a last-minute bidder is called a "sniper" |
| CSTORE | Place for many a last-minute purchase, casually |
| HATCH | Trump up in hotel for a last first-class holiday for leaders (5) |
| FINALPARASAIL | Need for a last glide behind the boat? |
| ADIEU | Crafty aide's turn for a last goodbye (5) |
| WOODENSPOON | Trophy for a last-place finisher (6,5) |
| ZATOPEK | Nicknamed the "Czech Locomotive", the runner who won three gold medals at the 1952 Olympics, the third in a last-minute marathon, a distance he had never attempted before (7) |
| ALDGATE | Dele, face to goal, blocks a last-minute opening for City (7) |
| SAVEDBYTHEBELL | Finally, Dilys and Victor in a bed, cavorting - perhaps they'll be given a last-minute reprieve (5,2,3,4) |
| GLASS | Jimmy ..... , 1998-2000 Swindon goalkeeper who scored a last-minute goal for Carlisle against Plymouth in May, 1999 to keep them in Division Three (5) |
| HALLEBERRY | Best Actress winner who made a last-minute clothing change at the Cannes Film Festival on May 13; her original dress violated the new rule against "voluminous outfits, in particular those with a large |
| STOPPRESS | Prevent journalists getting a last-minute item (4,5) |
