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Last-minute comment on why electricity failed? (4,2,3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

down to the wire

'last-minute' is the definition.
(both can mean at the very end of a process)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for down to the wire that I've seen before include "Up to the very last moment" , "approaching deadline" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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