| LASTGASP | Final, desperate appeal for the most recent gas pressure reading (4-4) |
| PESOS | Extremely plaintive, desperate appeal for money abroad (5) |
| NEWEST | We sent off for the most recent and state-of-the-art (6) |
| THEICEAGE | Common name for the most recent Pleistocene glacial period (3,3,3) |
| AHAB | A custom lacking appeal for the seventh king of Israel (4) |
| CADGE | Appeal for the benefit of a dunderhead in prison (5) |
| SOLICITS | A desperate appeal to provide cover for legal requests |
| SYSTOLIC | First half of a blood pressure reading |
| PHOSGENE | Gas pressure gone - she worried |
| STARWARS | Series of films with 7D as Han Solo, the most recent of which - The Force Awakens - looks like his last (4,4) |
| POSTHORN | Concession about old letter, or announcement of the most recent ones? (4,4) |
| FURYROAD | Subtitle of the most recent Mad Max movie (4,4) |
| FEARLESS | The most recent of seven ships called HMS ____ participated in the Falklands and Gulf wars |
| TOMHANKS | The most recent person to win consecutive Oscars for best actor or actress (3,5) |
| PRINCESS | Royal female, charlotte elizabeth Diana is the most recent in england (8) |
| LASTDITCH | Final desperate discarding of the cobbler's tool? (4-5) |
| NEWSCAST | TV account of the most recent events |
| DIASTOLIC | Bottom number on a blood pressure reading (9) |
| PASCAL | The unit of gas pressure (6) |
| AUDITOR | Professional man's initially desperate appeal to be showered with gold |
