True nutrient "lock out" does not occur unless the pH is under 5.5 or over 7.5, so it is not a nutrient lock out issue.
I would say the deficiencies are due to stopping the application of nitrogen too early.
Flushing will cause more problems, as it removes even more nutrients from the soil, furthering the deficiencies. Flushing should really be a last resort when things have gone chronically wrong, not a cure all or a first line of defence against a mystery condition. Plain water would also further the plants lack of nutrition.
I, personally, would be giving them a half strength dose of "grow" nutrients, maybe two, before going back to the bloom nutrients. This should see your plants pick up and slow the cannibalizing of themselves that they are now doing, due to the lack of goodness in the soil.
I like to give grow nutrients for the first 2 weeks or so of flowering, before changing to half strength grow and half strength bloom nutrients for the following 2 or so weeks, before again changing to straight bloom nutrients through to just before harvest. This seems to produce the biggest and healthiest flowers, on plants that don't completely exhaust themselves. I have been doing so for 30+ years and exclusively use this schedule when growing in soil, which is the only way I ever grow and can thoroughly recommend this technique to all growers using soil, either indoors or outdoors.
Hope this helps, Organoman.