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Last chance for dinosaurs? (8)

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deadline

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(Other definitions for deadline that I've seen before include "Target time" , "problem for the editor?" , "Time limit as for journalists filing copy" , "Latest time for doing something" , "Time by which journalist must file copy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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