Related Clues:

• Glass apt to be broken when the spirit is almost gone
• Eleventh-hour dying breath
• Done at the latest possible moment
• Desperate action of smokers facing imminent ban?
• Desperate way to talk, overcome by drink
• Desperate friend returning to grab good person and chatter
• Saving the day with the ultimate in pants?
• Done in desperation (or at the point of death?)
• Made when almost at the point of defeat
• Like a final wheeze, just in time?
• Done at the last moment
• The final possible moment
• Final, final warning for snaky type sounds like a touch of desperation
• Final moment
• Final breath or done at the last possible moment of effort