Crossword clues for before the deadlineAnswerClueDEADLINEDue time?DEADLINEEditor's concernDEADLINESGhost's speech in "Hamlet"?DEADLINEWire, metaphoricallyDEADLINETime limit of a sort.DEADLINEWhen it must be in byDEADLINEPublisher's concern.DEADLINENewspaper publisher's concernDEADLINESReporter's worriesDEADLINEDate on a contest entry formDEADLINEReporter's due dateDEADLINETime limit.DEADLINEWhen the story is dueDEADLINESReporters need to meet themDEADLINETime by which something must be finishedDEADLINEFixed limit.DEADLINEEnd pointDEADLINECollege applicant's concernDEADLINEDue dateDEADLINELast chance to turn something inDEADLINESReporters often meet themDEADLINESome people work under oneDEADLINEFreelancer's concernDEADLINENewsroom concernDEADLINEReporter's concernDUELike an assignment with a nearing deadline, to someone who cares about nearing deadlinesOBITDeadlines, for short?SLIPPAGEFailure to meet a deadlineCRUNCHPeriod of time when a deadline is nearCUTCORNERSSaved time, as to meet a deadlineMEETSComplies with, as a deadlineTOOLATESorry, you missed the deadlineRACEAGAINSTTIMERush to beat a deadlineEDGEINSubmit just before the deadlineAPRIRS deadline monthBUSYBEEGathering of quilters with a looming deadline?EXTENDPostpone, as a deadlineLATEMissing a deadlineTERMPayment deadlineCURFEWTeenager's deadlineINARUSHHow looming deadlines may be metTIGHTSQUEEZEFinishing by the deadline, sometimesRACEAGAINSTTIMEDash with a deadlineSCHEDULECHICKENGame where multiple parties compete not to be blamed for not keeping an impossible deadlineTRADESubject of a sports deadlineCRUNCHTIMETense pre-deadline period ... or when to eat the ends of 17-, 24-, 37- and 46-Across?IMINHEAVENDeadline?TOOLATEYou missed the deadlineCRUNCHTIMEHectic pre-deadline periodTHEWIREDeadline, metaphorically
