| MATCHPOINT | Light to indicate a critical moment on court (5-5) |
| GAMEPOINT | Having the courage to indicate a critical time on court (4,5) |
| HEAD | Critical moment on coming to this floating toilet (4) |
| FLASHPOINT | Display bill: it’s a critical moment |
| POINT | Sharp end of a pin or a sword; a nib; or, a critical moment (5) |
| KNIFEEDGE | One should be keen at such a critical moment (5,4) |
| CRUNCH | It is a critical moment to crush something (6) |
| LIFESAVER | Something that comes to one's aid at a critical moment (9) |
| WHENTHECHIPS | What gets enciphered, shown unscrambled at a critical moment (4,3,5,3,4) |
| AREDOWN | What gets enciphered, shown unscrambled at a critical moment (4,3,5,3,4) |
| TURNINGPOINT | A critical moment (7,5) |
| BREAKINGPOINT | Having accident with pencil? It's a critical moment |
| CHOKE | Epic mess-up at a critical moment |
| DROPTHEB | Mess up at a critical moment |
| JUNCTURE | Constant routine kept up in month: a critical moment |
| PUNCTURED | Burst of power a€“ critical moment when striking Jack Dempsey's head (9) |
| CRUNCHTIME | Critical moment |
| NICKOFTIME | Critical moment, after "in the" |
| INTHENICKOFTIME | Imprisoned old fellow must get over sentence just at a critical moment (2,3,4,2,4) |
| SCET | Moment on a rocketship, relative to Earth time: Abbr. |
