| CONSIDERATE | Think about a last minute patient |
| EBAY | Website where a last-minute bidder is called a "sniper" |
| CONSIDERABLY | Think about a bully oddly a lot (12) |
| 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) |
| SAVEDBYTHEBELL | Finally, Dilys and Victor in a bed, cavorting - perhaps they'll be given a last-minute reprieve (5,2,3,4) |
| STOPPRESS | Prevent journalists getting a last-minute item (4,5) |
| IMPERSONATE | I am an individual with a last minute act |
| PRIMARYCARET | Indication of a last-minute candidate on an early ballot? |
| OPENLATE | Convenient for a last-minute shopper |
| ALTERNATE | Winger in a last-minute switch (9) |
| POCKETCHANGE | The outfit did need something different, prompting a last-minute... |
| EVE | Good name for a last-minute planner? |
| CSTORE | Place for many a last-minute purchase, casually |
| SANTA | He's the big jolly guy in a red and white suit who kids think about a lot in December |
| MULLIGAN | Think about a golf amateur (new) making a golf term (8) |
| ALDGATE | Dele, face to goal, blocks a last-minute opening for City (7) |
| EYELEVEL | Mirror-hanging height in the foyer, ideal for a last-minute check of one's coif before heading out: 2 wds. |
| BAIL | Send a last-minute text saying "I can't make it" |
| THEUSOPEN | A last-minute invite went to 18-year-old Emma Raducanu, who'd won this event days earlier |
| 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) |
