Possible Clues:

• Final drink full of street talk
• Pal's stag degenerated -- what you might call a lucky escape
• *Third of the most commonly seen characters in 'Gridiron Gang,' e.g.?
• Final desperate effort
• Done in desperation
• Like a desperate effort
• Final moment
• Done at the last moment
• Done in desperation (or at the point of death?)
• Like a final wheeze, just in time?