The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word LAST GASP
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More clues leading to the result LAST GASP
- Survive … hold on … no hint of recovery … then this?
- Officer and doctor each held when close to death
- Like a final wheeze, just in time?
- . Final pant before croaking?
- Street gossip stops friend returning just in time
- Final moment of rampant stags, drowned in drink
- Final flag hoisted above ship’s stern, done in desperation at the eleventh hour
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What does LAST GASP mean?
LAST GASP adjective- Happening at the very end of an event.