Hamilton battled their way to 1-0 away success at Morton during a hard-fought Championship performance.
David Moyo put Accies ahead inside the opening 10 minutes and Andy Winter should have made it two soon after with an effort that cracked the bar.
Dougie Imrie's Morton then hit the bar twice inside a minute as a dramatic first half of near misses and sitters came to a close.
Mihai Popescu clipped the post after half-time for Stuart Taylor's Accies side, who fully confirmed their safety in the division at Cappielow.
They sit sixth in the division and four points behind Raith Rovers in fifth with two games to go, ahead of facing the Kirkcaldy side next Saturday. Morton are seventh.
Accies made one alteration to the side that lost 1-0 to Arbroath last week, experienced defender Brian Easton in for winger Josh Mullin.
Taylor's side were competing for a maximum of fifth place but with an ambition of pushing towards the top half, and fully eliminating relegation potential, motivation to perform was high.
They were fortunate to be level when Robbie Muirhead skied over goalkeeper Ryan Fulton's goal from around five yards out on five minutes.
Andy Ryan got the ball at the opposite end of the park a minute later, and his shot wasn't dealt with by Ton goalkeeper Jack Hamilton. Strike partner Moyo was on hand to place a sixth-minute shot into the empty net.
Imrie was left head in hands again on 10 minutes as his team somehow managed to not draw level after Fulton misjudged a ball into his box, Gavin Reilly dragging an effort inside the penalty area wide with nobody in the net.
It was a back and forth game with glaring misses the key narrative. Morton's defence was being opened up time and time again, Winter racing in behind on 22
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