Sideways recovery at the last minute? (9)
I believe the answer is:
laterally
'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'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for laterally that I've seen before include "Approaching the side" , "Sideways" .)