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Sideways recovery at the last minute? (9)

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laterally

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'sideways' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'recovery at the last minute?' is the wordplay.
'recovery' becomes 'rally' (rally is a kind of recovery).
'at' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'the last minute?' becomes 'late' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rally' after 'late' is 'LATERALLY'.

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(Other definitions for laterally that I've seen before include "Approaching the side" , "Sideways" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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