"a late one" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to something or someone arriving or happening later than expected or desired. For example: "The bus was a late one, so we didn't get to the theater in time for the show."
Sergio Aguero is whistled for a late one on James Milner.
Or knew it was going to be a late one and knew the battery life on a flip phone is incomparably better than an iPhone.
The development of encryption on the web was a late one, coming only with the increasing demands of e-commerce websites, which needed a way to accept payments without having details intercepted.
That being said, as someone with several Tumblr blogs and a decided lack of GIF'ing expertise, another source for GIFs from favorite shows is still a welcome addition, albeit something of a late one from a site that's been sitting on a potential GIF goldmine for years.
A late one has Yuri and Lara assuring each other that they're living "on the edge of time".
A late one has Yuri and Lara assuring each other that they're living "on the edge of time". It's quite another thing, though, that many of these lyrics are written to be boomed by a man the script identifies as a poet whom the Russian people cherish.
Last night was a late one.
An early pivot is exponentially cheaper than a late one.
In the two years since Scotland last played England at BT Murrayfield, they have played 11 home games, winning all but two — a late one-point loss to Australia and last November's near miss against New Zealand.
This time the Dodgers wasted a sterling effort by right-hander Zack Greinke, the bullpen -- helped along by Yasiel Puig misplaying a ball -- melting and surrendering a late one-run lead.
(Scott) 'KRISANA/THE FALLENo (No rating, 90 minutes, in Latvian) Walking on a bridge late one night, a dour Latvian bureaucrat witnesses a stranger's suicide.
