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Answer for the clue "Last-minute comment on why electricity failed? ", 16 letters:
down to the wire

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context idiomatic English) At the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline. adv. (context idiomatic English) At the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wire \Wire\ (w[imac]r), n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[=i]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [root]14 ] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed ...