The phrase "afternoon crunch" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a busy or hectic period in the afternoon, often related to work or productivity.
Example: "As the clock struck three, the afternoon crunch began, with everyone rushing to meet their deadlines."
Alternatives: "afternoon rush" or "midday hustle".
One, in my view, is definitely the late Saturday afternoon crunch in Chelsea, that day's-end rush through a last few galleries, seeing shows and squirreling away experiences and ideas just before they all close for the weekend.
If you stay at the Paia Inn, you can check out hip little towns like Makawao and Haiku before or after the afternoon crunch, when the line of cars on Hana Highway stretches as far as the eye can see.
Then comes the Saturday morning crunch of tires outside 57 Church Lane in Scarsdale, 57 Meadow Way in Irvington or 20 Ashley Road in Hastings-on-Hudson Hastings-on-Hudson Hastings-on-Hudsonwer Westohester.
Mr. Cox and Mr. Gartner crisscrossed the levee in the dark of early morning, crunching dead twigs under their slow deliberate march that would end well after the sun rose.
In the title story he is at one moment saying "I shall be in your bedroom before it's light tomorrow morning, crunching up the last of your little bones," and the next proudly telling Polly that he bought half a pound of beans "with my own money … all by myself".
Scotland manager Craig Levein believes the key to success in tomorrow night's crunch Euro 2012 qualifier against Spain in Alicante could be in his players' heads.
He also summoned 29 players for the squad ahead of the Brazil game and tonight's crunch match in Paraguay, many of them for the first time.
Arsenal will fight Arsene Wenger's latest touchline ban imposed by Uefa - which would see the Gunners boss forced to watch Wednesday night's crunch Champions League play-off against Udinese from the stands.
Ireland's scrum-half Conor Murray is missing for Munster against Saracens on Saturday because of a neck problem, while Harlequins' All Black fly-half Nick Evans has been named on the bench for Saturday night's crunch Pool Two game against Wasps.
Ulster are top of the pool with 14 points and the Tigers trail them by two going into Friday night's crunch match.
A Lib Dem source said last night: "Tomorrow is crunch time".
