| Cover story? |
The Telegraph Plusword |
04 Sep 2025 |
| Excuse in court |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Sep 2025 |
| Appeal I binned contains self-justification |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Excuse heard in court |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Sep 2025 |
| Suspect's defense |
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| Fighter starts to box intelligently in defence (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Aug 2025 |
| Something an accomplice might supply |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Aug 2025 |
| A party, one elsewhere |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Boxer, huge, with no good excuse (5) |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Type of legal defence |
The Telegraph Plusword |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Suspect's excuse |
Universal |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Defendant's whereabouts claim (5) |
Puzzler |
11 Aug 2025 |
| One might provide a cover |
USA Today |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Trial excuse |
Premier Sunday |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Excuse boxer attracted to both sexes |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Aug 2025 |
| Suspect's defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Aug 2025 |
| Suspect's story |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jul 2025 |
| Suspect's defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jul 2025 |
| A politician one making excuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Why it wasn't you |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Court defendant's excuse |
The Telegraph Mini |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Courtroom defence |
Puzzler Backwords |
22 Jul 2025 |
| Legal excuse |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Excuse from Bengali biographer |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jul 2025 |
| Suspect's best defence (5) |
|
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| Suspect's defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Jul 2025 |
| As a Liberal Part member I have a witness to my innocence (5) |
|
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| Suspect's defense |
|
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| Suspect's story |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jul 2025 |
| I need bail although I was somewhere else at the time (5) |
|
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| Bali biennial giving a reason for absence (5) |
|
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| Defence to a criminal charge (5) |
Puzzler |
13 Jul 2025 |
| Accused's story of innocence |
|
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| Accused's excuse |
Family Time |
13 Jul 2025 |
| Whodunit excuse |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Defence of being elsewhere at time of crime |
|
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| This says I didn't do it - still, I broke bail (5) |
|
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| Plea for bail to be arranged conclude (5) |
|
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| Courtroom plea of being elsewhere (5) |
|
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| "I was at the library when it happened," e.g. |
|
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| I accept bail but I was somewhere else at the time and this proves it |
|
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| The accused's excuse (5) |
|
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| The -, 1999 novel by Sandra Brown (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
23 Jun 2025 |
| Courtroom claim |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Bail out with one legal defence (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
08 Jun 2025 |
| A party has one excuse (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
07 Jun 2025 |
| Legal defence (5) |
Mirror Quick |
07 Jun 2025 |
| Proof of whereabouts at the time of a crime |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Jun 2025 |
| I get bail - I was somewhere else at the time! |
|
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| Excuse that may clear a suspect in a crime |
|
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| Courtroom story |
Commuter |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Reason for absence in central Ibiza (5) |
|
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| Accused player's defense in Mafia |
|
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| Breaking bail, I put together a defence (5) |
|
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| Excuse for a liberal and I (5) |
|
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| Charge out? |
|
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| A plea that can get bail for one? (5) |
|
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| Proof of whereabouts during crime |
|
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| Defence |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 May 2025 |
| Innocence excuse |
|
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| Story that might be "airtight" |
Newsday |
16 May 2025 |
| Cover story |
USA Today |
16 May 2025 |
| Excuse in court |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
13 May 2025 |
| Suspect's story |
Thomas Joseph |
08 May 2025 |
| Proof of innocence |
The Telegraph Mini |
07 May 2025 |
| Evidence for having been elsewhere |
|
|
| Thin Lizzy hit, Waiting for an ___-- (5) |
|
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| An excuse about something (5) |
|
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| "I wasn't there," e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Apr 2025 |
| "Her ___" (1989 Tom Selleck/Paulina Porizkova rom-com) |
|
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| "I was at the dentist when the robbery took place," e.g. |
|
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| Excuse from Crystal, "I bilked" |
|
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| Cover story? |
The Telegraph Plusword |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Liberal in capital making an excuse (5) |
|
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| Proof of whereabouts at the time of a crime (5) |
Puzzler |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Boxer swinging both ways in defence |
|
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| Suspect's story |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Fighter starts to box in presenting defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Legal excuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Bail out one giving defence of being elsewhere (5) |
|
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| Legal defence |
Mirror Quick |
21 Apr 2025 |
| A party has one excuse |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Apr 2025 |
| Suspect's excuse |
Newsday |
21 Apr 2025 |
| Reason for innocence (5) |
|
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| "It couldn't be me! I was out of town!" e.g. |
USA Today |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Legal defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Politician protected by first-class defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Suspect's story |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Arranging bail, one has a legal defence |
|
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| Claim to be somewhere else when crime is committed |
|
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| Proof that one was elsewhere when a crime took place |
The Times Concise |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Proof of being elsewhere |
The Telegraph Plusword |
10 Apr 2025 |
| Defence by an accused person that they were elsewhere when the crime was committed (5) |
|
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| Excuse - a liberal one (5) |
|
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| "I was on vacation then," e.g. |
|
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| Suspect's excuse |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Mar 2025 |
| Defence starts to argue legal issue behind item |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Suspect's excuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Excuse in a whodunit |
LA Times Mini |
21 Mar 2025 |
| Story backed up by a witness, hopefully |
LA Times Daily |
21 Mar 2025 |
| Suspect's excuse |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Mar 2025 |
| No trek on trail bike - this was his stor y! (5) |
|
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| Channel launched in 1997 as UK Arena (5) |
|
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| Legal defence that one was elsewhere |
|
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| "I was asleep at home when the crime was committed," e.g. |
|
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| Courtroom defence of being elsewhere |
|
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| Excuse |
LA Times Daily |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Story that can keep you out of jail |
|
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| Defendant's story |
Commuter |
08 Mar 2025 |
| I bail out with a defence (5) |
|
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| Suspect's excuse |
Commuter |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Defendant's cover story |
Mirror Tea Time |
04 Mar 2025 |
| With such a good excuse, one may be given bail (5) |
|
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| US television channel has legal defence (5) |
|
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| Defence excuse |
|
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| Courtroom defence |
Puzzler Backwords |
22 Feb 2025 |
| Defendant's claim of having been elsewhere (5) |
|
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| Out, of a sort |
|
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| Bengali bitter about legal defence (5) |
|
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| Legal defence |
Mirror Quick |
17 Feb 2025 |
| A party has one excuse |
Mirror Cryptic |
17 Feb 2025 |
| "I didn't rob that bank; I was at home by myself the whole time" would be a bad one |
|
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| Out |
LA Times Daily |
15 Feb 2025 |
| What Latin word meaning "elsewhere" is often heard in court? (5) |
|
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| Bail arranged before one defence plea (5) |
|
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| Proof that "I wasn't at the crime scene" |
|
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| Useful courtroom defence; I bail (anag.) |
The Telegraph Mini |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Excuse Bengali biker uses |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Suspect's defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Suspect's defense |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Feb 2025 |
| David Gray able to prove he wasn't responsible for this(5) |
|
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| In trial, I bitterly reveal my legal defence (5) |
|
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| Suspect's story |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Defence of being 13 across at the time of a crime |
|
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| Cover story told in court |
New York Times Mini |
27 Jan 2025 |
| Alias |
The Telegraph Plusword |
27 Jan 2025 |
| Good excuse, in court |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jan 2025 |
| "They were with me all day," e.g. |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jan 2025 |
| 1979 hit for Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, Waiting for an ___-- (5) |
|
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| Suspect's claim |
LA Times Mini |
25 Jan 2025 |
| Clinching defence against a criminal charge (5) |
|
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| Plea from liberal entering capital (5) |
|
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| Greatest boxer briefly penetrated defence |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Defendant's excuse |
Universal |
17 Jan 2025 |
| Location-based legal defence |
Mirror Classic |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Suspect's story |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Jumping bail I find an excuse |
|
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| Legal defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Jan 2025 |
| Excuse Svengali Bill uses |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Jan 2025 |
| Clearing device? |
|
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| Court excuse |
Premier Sunday |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Con's excuse |
|
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| Plea with bail I suspect (5) |
|
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| Before I arranged bail, this might serve as an excuse |
|
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| Cover, in a way |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Defendant's proof of not being at the scene of a crime |
Puzzler Backwords |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Pay TV channel which launched in November 1997 as UK Arena (5) |
|
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| Suspect's story |
USA Today |
28 Dec 2024 |
| Excuse is flipping sibilant to some extent (5) |
|
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| Bali bigots holding on to an excuse for absence (5) |
|
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| Tale that might you get you off the hook |
New York Times Mini |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Bimbo regularly interrupts boxer's defence (5) |
|
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| "Law & Order" story? |
|
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| Courtroom plea of elsewhere (5) |
Puzzler |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Defence alleging a suspect was elsewhere (5) |
|
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| Cover story |
Premier Sunday |
22 Dec 2024 |
| No fence is a beneficial excuse (5) |
|
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| Evidence of being elsewhere, e.g. |
The Telegraph Plusword |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Case out? |
|
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| Reason for absence from Mali biography (5) |
|
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| Plea giving one bail, perhaps (5) |
|
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| Excuse for failure (coll.) (5) |
|
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| Latin word meaning "somewhere else', often used in court (5) |
|
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| Legal excuse |
The Telegraph Plusword |
13 Dec 2024 |
| Cover story refers in part to feral ibises (5) |
|
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| Interrogation story |
Newsday |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Whodunit suspect's story |
Newsday |
10 Dec 2024 |
| Suspect's excuse |
LA Times Mini |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Defendant's story |
Commuter |
07 Dec 2024 |
| This excuse is out of place |
|
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| Positional defence (5) |
|
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| Legal defence (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Heard Ali buy a reasonable defence |
|
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| Excuse shown by learner, one with book in capital (5) |
|
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| Courtroom excuse |
Commuter |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Plea from writer Monica introducing book on India (5) |
|
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| Useful excuse |
The Telegraph Mini |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Defence of being elsewhere (5) |
Puzzler |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Excuse in court |
The Telegraph Mini |
23 Nov 2024 |
| Elsewhere plea for this British TV channel (5) |
|
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| Whodunit excuse |
Newsday |
19 Nov 2024 |
| Back-up story |
|
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| Evidence supporting a defendant's whereabouts claim (5) |
|
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| A justification |
|
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| Courtroom cover story |
|
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| Story used to prove your innocence |
|
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| Claim of being elsewhere during crime |
|
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| Bail dislodged a" one makes an excuse (5) |
|
|
| Suspect's defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Excuse boxer attracted to both sexes |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Nov 2024 |
| IBAIL |
|
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| Defence of being elsewhere when a crime was committed (5) |
|
|
| Having a good excuse, I go to Bali |
|
|
| Excuse of being in another place at the time of a crime |
|
|
| Evidence for absence (5) |
|
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| A little liberal with one courtroom defence (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Plea of having been somewhere else (5) |
Puzzler |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Excuse getting both Caliban and Cain out of prison |
|
|
| Timely excuse |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Story from a suspect |
|
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| "Excuse me from meal", I repeated, interjecting "Bravo!" |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Excuse some sibilance returning (5) |
|
|
| Pal's fibs built central part of criminal defence (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Something needed when doing something not 6 Across? |
The Telegraph Plusword |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Such an excuse is out of place (5) |
|
|
| Where you were at crime time |
|
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| Defence of being elsewhere at the time of an offence (5) |
|
|
| Suspect's story |
Universal |
14 Oct 2024 |
| Bail refused by one with an excuse? (5) |
|
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| One may guarantee your whereabouts (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Suspect's excuse |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Being elsewhere at the time, I receive bail |
|
|
| Provide defence for politician arrested in capital |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
09 Oct 2024 |
| An out-of-place plea of innocence |
|
|
| Defence in court |
The Telegraph Plusword |
04 Oct 2024 |
| Plea - excuse |
|
|
| Courtroom 'elsewhere' plea (5) |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 Oct 2024 |
| Legal defence |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Sep 2024 |
| The -, 1999 novel by Sandra Brown |
Mirror Quiz |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Crime-drama TV channel (5) |
|
|
| Excuse for the absent-minded? |
|
|
| Excuse in court |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Excuse of being in another place at time of crime |
|
|
| Defence plea |
Mirror Classic |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Excuse from Bengali bitterly accepted (5) |
|
|
| Out |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Setting bail, one has a defence that might be offered |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Mali biography, containing absence reason (5) |
|
|
| Claim made stronger by a witness |
New York Times |
11 Sep 2024 |
| Elsewhere defence (5) |
|
|
| Court excuse I bail out (5) |
|
|
| Claim that when an alleged act took place one was elsewhere (5) |
|
|
| Suspect's defense |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Plea of being elsewhere (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Story in court |
Universal |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Proof of being elsewhere |
The Telegraph Plusword |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Plea of being elsewhere (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Proof of whereabouts at the time of a crime |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 Sep 2024 |
| An out-of-the-way plea |
|
|
| A libido that begins as a reason for absence (5) |
|
|
| Excuse |
The Telegraph Plusword |
26 Aug 2024 |
| Excuse in court? |
The Telegraph Plusword |
22 Aug 2024 |
| Legal defence (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
19 Aug 2024 |
| Legal defence (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Legal excuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Aug 2024 |
| A party has one excuse |
Mirror Cryptic |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Legal defence |
Mirror Quick |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Mentioned alley, by courtroom defence (5) |
|
|
| Defence of boxer protecting middle of ribs |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Jul 2024 |
| Bail organised, one having provided legal defence (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
24 Jul 2024 |
| I bail out being elsewhere (5) |
|
|
| In the trial I bid to have a let-out (5) |
|
|
| A party, one having proof of innocence (5) |
|
|
| Defendant's best hope? |
Mirror Tea Time |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Suspect's defense |
|
|
| Cover story? |
Universal |
12 Jul 2024 |
| Excuse for failure (loosely) (5) |
|
|
| Courtroom defence against law I broke, initially (5) |
|
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| Corroborative story (5) |
|
|
| Bail out one with a defence of being elsewhere (5) |
|
|
| It proves I couldn't have done it so I get bail |
|
|
| Suspect's possible defence (5) |
|
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| Reason for not doing (5) |
|
|
| Having a good excuse, I bail out |
|
|
| Little Alison says cheerio - it was her excuse (5) |
|
|
| Excuse that might be airtight |
New York Times |
01 Jul 2024 |
| Former heavyweight champ accepting current boxer's first excuse (5) |
|
|
| Answer given by politician originally intended as defence |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Jun 2024 |
| CSI accused's defense (5) |
|
|
| Excuse for not doing (5) |
|
|
| Defence of being elsewhere when a crime happened (5) |
|
|
| Excuse boxer before investigation starts (5) |
|
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| This says one wasn't where one was suspected to be (5) |
|
|
| Legal term that's Latin for "elsewhere" |
|
|
| Reason why one couldn't have committed a crime |
|
|
| A pale violet Triumph group tulip ... in Bengali biome (5) |
|
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| Bail out with one legal excuse (5) |
|
|
| Criminal ability to waste time and last bit of money for a cover story (5) |
|
|
| Sets out to stabilise being elsewhere (5) |
|
|
| Courtroom defence |
Puzzler Backwords |
14 Jun 2024 |
| Suspect's explanation |
USA Today |
12 Jun 2024 |
| I bail out with a defence of being elsewhere (5) |
|
|
| Some of the material I bid for was not there, it's said (5) |
|
|
| Excuse cardinal in vestment taking precedence over another |
|
|
| Excuse Somali biker uses |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jun 2024 |
| Legal defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jun 2024 |
| Proof of whereabouts (5) |
|
|
| Having a good excuse, I am granted bail |
|
|
| Excuse heard at trial |
|
|
| Accused person's excuse |
|
|
| Bail arranged by one having a reason for innocence (5) |
|
|
| Have an excuse that one was elsewhere (5) |
|
|
| Aliter, in loco alio - Anglice desiderandum furi |
The Times O Tempora |
25 May 2024 |
| Some material I bid for was not there, it's said (5) |
|
|
| Suspect's story |
Commuter |
18 May 2024 |
| As a party member I have a defence (5) |
|
|
| I bail out of court excuse (5) |
|
|
| Suspect's story |
|
|
| Legal plea of having been elsewhere (5) |
Puzzler |
06 May 2024 |
| This may be taken as proof of absence (5) |
|
|
| Evidence one was elsewhere at the time of a crime |
|
|
| Defence plea |
Mirror Classic |
05 May 2024 |
| One wasn't there to make such a defence |
|
|
| Defendant's offering |
|
|
| Defendant's airtight story (5) |
|
|
| "I was out of town that night," e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
02 May 2024 |
| A defence by an accused person that they were somewhere else when the crime was committed (5) |
|
|
| In the trial I bitterly seek a let-out (5) |
|
|
| Former boxing champ with book ? one providing defence |
|
|
| One type of evidence |
|
|
| Bail set, I make a plea in court |
|
|
| I am granted bail as I have a good excuse |
|
|
| Ironclad ___ |
|
|
| An excuse for failure (5) |
|
|
| In the trial I bitterly produce proof I didn't do it (5) |
|
|
| Why one wasn't criminally involved with one breaking bail (5) |
|
|
| Diva libido curtailed for absence reason (5) |
|
|
| "I couldn't have robbed that bank, because I was at a crossword tournament," e.g. |
|
|
| This plea is a liberal one (5) |
|
|
| Cover story from the accused |
|
|
| Only half aligns bins using this by way of a defence |
|
|
| Bail organised, one having provided legal defence (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 Apr 2024 |
| After a short former party one has this to say one wasn't there (5) |
|
|
| Criminal plea of absence (5) |
|
|
| Reason for absence from central Ibiza (5) |
|
|
| I break bail in order to prove I was elsewhere (5) |
|
|
| Evidence proving absence from a crime scene |
The Times Concise |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Defence from gangster, one getting bail occasionally (5) |
|
|
| I bail out? |
|
|
| Defence to a criminal charge |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Proof one didn't commit a crime (5) |
|
|
| Proof one didn't commit a crime |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Suspect's excuse |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2024 |
| Liberal stopping excellent legal defence (5) |
|
|
| Proof of absence |
|
|
| A politician has one excuse for failure (5) |
|
|
| Heard in alley, by way of an excuse (5) |
|
|
| Evidence of absence (5) |
|
|
| Proof of whereabouts at the time of a crime |
Puzzler Backwords |
21 Mar 2024 |
| "I was at the movies when it happened," e.g. |
|
|
| After getting bail somehow, I find an excuse (5) |
|
|
| Legal term relating to a suspect's whereabouts (5) |
|
|
| Provable account of a suspect's whereabouts (5) |
Puzzler |
18 Mar 2024 |
| Proof of innocence |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Mar 2024 |
| Charlie Chan, Earl Derr Biggers' Chinese detective, advised, "Bad ... like dead fish, cannot stand test of time" |
|
|
| Plea of being elsewhere at the time of an offence |
|
|
| One excuse for failure (5) |
|
|
| Setting bail, one defence that might be offered (5) |
|
|
| Defence from boxer swinging both ways? (5) |
|
|
| Bail out one with a defence (5) |
|
|
| Clay, later black, one's used to build defence |
|
|
| Fact of being elsewhere - in Bali, I was! (5) |
|
|
| Out, for an arrestee |
|
|
| Occasionally tabloid called out Times's excuse |
|
|
| Legal defence of some Svengali, bizarre (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Accused's defence |
Mirror Classic |
29 Feb 2024 |
| Excuse for boxer having used teeth endlessly (5) |
|
|
| Defendant's excuse |
Universal |
26 Feb 2024 |
| Cover story |
LA Times Daily |
26 Feb 2024 |
| Suspect's cover story |
Commuter |
26 Feb 2024 |
| Bail out! I have proof I wasn't there! (5) |
|
|
| Elsewhere excuse |
|
|
| Suspect's elsewhere excuse (5) |
|
|
| Defence of being elsewhere |
|
|
| Island leader demoted: island makes excuse (5) |
|
|
| Island leader demoted: island makes excuse |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Feb 2024 |
| No trek on trail bike? - That was his story! (5) |
|
|
| I bail out, showing I was somewhere else (5) |
|
|
| Ex gratia libido, given as a bit of an excuse (5) |
|
|
| It may be taken as proof of absence (5) |
|
|
| Evidence of absence from crime scene (5) |
|
|
| Defence presented in court (5) |
|
|
| A party has one excuse |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Legal excuse |
Mirror Quick |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Proof of location (5) |
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| Fact of being elsewhere |
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| Suspect's excuse |
Newsday |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Bali bigots holding on to an excuse (5) |
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| A librarian has one for an excuse (5) |
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| Defendant's cover story |
Mirror Tea Time |
03 Feb 2024 |
| Legal get-out |
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| Having an excuse for failure, I am granted bail (5) |
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| Whereabouts excuse |
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| Hopefully acceptable excuse (5) |
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| Excuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Criminal's excuse |
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| Excuse offered for absenteeism (5) |
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| Defence to a criminal charge (5) |
Puzzler |
28 Jan 2024 |
| During meal I bite an excuse (5) |
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| Whodunit trope |
Newsday |
26 Jan 2024 |
| A libido that starts a reason for absence (5) |
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| A party has one proven location |
Mirror Cryptic |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Legal defence |
Mirror Quick |
20 Jan 2024 |
| What a criminal hopes is ironclad |
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| Suspect's excuse |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jan 2024 |
| Accused's excuse of being elsewhere (5) |
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| "I was at a huge party having a great time and everyone saw me there," for example |
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| Mali biodiesel, containing reason for absence (5) |
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| Legal excuse that's the Latin word for "elsewhere" |
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| Claim of being elsewhere at the time of a crime (5) |
Puzzler |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Excuse confirming "Not guilty"? (5) |
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| Suspect’s cover story |
LA Times Mini |
25 Dec 2023 |
| Excuse |
TV |
24 Dec 2023 |
| Suspect's story |
Newsday |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Sibilate, then set out a poor reason for absence (5) |
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| I was seen in Bali? But I was elsewhere and that's a fact! |
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| At heart, realise rabies might constitute an excuse |
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| I bail out with this! (5) |
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| Case for the defence (5) |
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| Plea of having been elsewhere |
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| Legal defence, some fib I later retracted (5) |
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| "I was at the movies when the crime happened," e.g. |
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| Excuse ... some fishmeal I binned! (5) |
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| Which term gives evidence that proves one was elsewhere (5) |
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| Excuse a fellow 50 off the bill (5) |
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| Proof that a suspect could not have committed a crime |
Puzzler Backwords |
25 Nov 2023 |
| Cover story |
LA Times Daily |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Journal I binned contains excuse for failure |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Nov 2023 |
| Suspect's story |
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| Suspect's defense |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Nov 2023 |
| Suspect's explanation |
Newsday |
07 Nov 2023 |
| Suspect's proof of innocence, say |
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| Politician protected by first-class defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Suspect's excuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Declaration of having been elsewhere (5) |
Puzzler |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Defense mechanism? |
LA Times Daily |
27 Oct 2023 |
| Court defense |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2023 |
| Cover story |
USA Today |
11 Oct 2023 |
| Legal defence |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Oct 2023 |
| A politician with one excuse for failure |
The Guardian Cryptic |
02 Oct 2023 |
| Detective story? |
New York Times |
30 Sep 2023 |
| Politician taken in by excellent cover story |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Sep 2023 |
| Cover story? |
Universal |
19 Sep 2023 |
| Excuse |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Aug 2023 |
| Suspect's story |
USA Today |
31 Jul 2023 |
| Legal defence |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Jul 2023 |
| Crime suspect's excuse |
Newsday |
17 Jul 2023 |
| 'I couldn't have done it! I was out bowling!' e.g |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2023 |
| Excuse boxer breeder intended to begin with |
The Times Cryptic |
29 Jun 2023 |
| "It wasn't me" story |
Universal |
24 Jun 2023 |
| American politician one making excuse |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Jun 2023 |
| Courtroom excuse |
Universal |
05 Jun 2023 |
| Suspect's claim |
Wall Street Journal |
20 May 2023 |
| Suspect's story |
Newsday |
15 May 2023 |
| Defensive line? |
New York Times |
10 May 2023 |
| Some criminal I bill for this defence |
The Guardian Cryptic |
08 May 2023 |
| Plea of being elsewhere |
The Guardian Speedy |
30 Apr 2023 |
| Boxer, British one, finding reason not to charge? |
The Times Cryptic |
28 Apr 2023 |
| Good name for a band covering the Pretenders |
Universal |
27 Apr 2023 |
| Suspect's story |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Apr 2023 |
| Defence always leaky, it's Brighton's infirmity, first of all |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Apr 2023 |
| Famous boxer, British, I excuse |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Suspect's 'out' |
New York Times |
27 Mar 2023 |
| Cover, of a sort |
New York Times |
26 Mar 2023 |
| Suspect's need |
New York Times |
22 Mar 2023 |
| Suspect's excuse |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Mar 2023 |
| Defence |
Canadiana |
13 Mar 2023 |
| Cover story |
New York Times |
24 Feb 2023 |
| Suspect's defense, sometimes |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Feb 2023 |
| Suspect's story |
USA Today |
17 Jan 2023 |
| Suspect's story |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jan 2023 |
| Defendant's defense |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2023 |
| Part of a defense, sometimes |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Jan 2023 |
| Excuse deviation from script, but not second one |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Dec 2022 |
| Suspect's story |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Dec 2022 |
| Island's leader demoted with paper providing justification |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Dec 2022 |
| Suspect's story |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Excuse (in court) |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Nov 2022 |
| Excuse |
The Times Concise |
17 Nov 2022 |
| "I was somewhere else" statement |
LA Times Daily |
01 Nov 2022 |
| Legal excuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Oct 2022 |
| Accused’s defence fails if bail oddly withheld |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Oct 2022 |
| Suspect's story |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Oct 2022 |
| It’s better when corroborated |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Oct 2022 |
| Legal excuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Oct 2022 |
| Defendant's excuse |
Universal |
05 Oct 2022 |
| Suspect's story |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Cover story |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Bail arranged by one for the defence |
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| Bail arranged by one for the defence |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Sep 2022 |
| Excuse |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2022 |
| "It wasn't me! I was at the library," e.g |
Family Time |
05 Sep 2022 |
| Legal excuse |
Family Time |
04 Sep 2022 |
| Exonerating excuse |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2022 |
| Defence revealed in tabloid -- bail oddly rejected |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Aug 2022 |
| A defendant might have one |
USA Today |
21 Aug 2022 |
| It puts one in the clear |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Aug 2022 |
| Excuse in a mystery novel |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2022 |
| Suspect's defense |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Aug 2022 |
| Excuse one vital urge with no function |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Aug 2022 |
| Courtroom defense |
USA Today |
28 Jul 2022 |
| Defensive line? |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jul 2022 |
| Legal defence |
The Times Concise |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Excuse |
The Times Concise |
11 Jun 2022 |
| Backtracking, caught in fib, I laugh and say, 'I was in Pizza Express in Woking at the time' |
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| Defendant’s out |
Wall Street Journal |
24 May 2022 |
| Excuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 May 2022 |
| Excuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 May 2022 |
| Bishop, one supporting boxer’s defence |
The Times Cryptic |
05 May 2022 |
| Alleged perp's excuse |
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| Suspect's excuse |
Universal |
26 Apr 2022 |
| Cover story from the accused |
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| Suspect's out |
The Washington Post |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Suspect's out |
LA Times Daily |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Word from the Latin for ''elsewhere'' |
Newsday |
18 Mar 2022 |
| It may check out |
The Washington Post |
12 Feb 2022 |
| It may check out |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2022 |
| Cover story to drag out of Garibaldi |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Feb 2022 |
| Any lapse is business is primarily an excuse |
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| Out in a court? |
Universal |
03 Feb 2022 |
| Accused's location is belying indictment primarily |
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| It may be fictional |
The Washington Post |
29 Jan 2022 |
| It may be fictional |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2022 |
| Defence of being elsewhere at the time of a crime |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Jan 2022 |
| Crook's excuse |
Family Time |
17 Jan 2022 |
| The greatest Belgium international defence |
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| Suspect's story |
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| Excuse that might be described as airtight or ironclad |
USA Today |
02 Jan 2022 |
| Excuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Dec 2021 |
| Cover story? |
Universal |
02 Dec 2021 |
| Suspect's story |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Nov 2021 |
| Suspect's cover story |
|
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| Breaking bail — one's excuse? |
|
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| Breaking bail — one's excuse? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
24 Nov 2021 |
| Excuse made by one after jumping bail |
|
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| Suspect’s out |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Nov 2021 |
| Perp's story |
Premier Sunday |
07 Nov 2021 |
| Legal defence |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Criminal defense |
LA Times Daily |
15 Oct 2021 |
| Criminal defense |
The Washington Post |
15 Oct 2021 |
| Court story from the criminal — one to accept as true in hearing? |
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| Self-justification in fib I laughed about |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Oct 2021 |
| 'Couldn't have been me' story |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2021 |
| Accused's story |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Suspect's cover story |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Suspect's story |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Sep 2021 |
| Suspect's story of innocence |
Newsday |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Excuse from party installed in first-class |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Sep 2021 |
| Suspect’s excuse |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Sep 2021 |
| Suspect's defense |
|
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| Explanation given by the greatest British setter |
|
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| Suspect's story |
USA Today |
01 Sep 2021 |
| Cover story |
New York Times |
26 Aug 2021 |
| Excuse in court excellent defending one bishop on line |
|
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| Defence of jails in brig occasionally |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Aug 2021 |
| 'I was somewhere else' excuse |
USA Today |
19 Aug 2021 |
| Accused's "I was somewhere else" story |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2021 |
| Accused's 'I was somewhere else' story |
The Washington Post |
16 Aug 2021 |
| "I was solving a crossword when it happened," e.g |
Universal |
06 Aug 2021 |
| 'Wasn't me . . . I was out of town,' e.g |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Trial excuse |
Premier Sunday |
25 Jul 2021 |
| Cover story to drag out of Garibaldi |
Irish Times Crosaire |
22 Jul 2021 |
| Proof of innocence, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2021 |
| Suspect's story |
|
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| Defence provided by famous boxer breaking in at the start |
|
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| Proof of innocence |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Excuse of a party, formerly one |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Jul 2021 |
| Defence attorney likes it better if leads not followed? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Jul 2021 |
| Evidence for acquittal |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jun 2021 |
| An excuse often picked early in bail |
|
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| Way out |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jun 2021 |
| Suspect's excuse |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2021 |
| It could bail one out? |
|
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| Excuse from the Latin for 'elsewhere' |
USA Today |
25 May 2021 |
| Proof you didn't commit a crime |
USA Today |
22 May 2021 |
| 'It was my evil twin!' is not a convincing one |
New York Times |
19 May 2021 |
| Originally attacking less, it's better in defence |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 May 2021 |
| Explanation that may lead to exoneration |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 May 2021 |
| Suspect's story |
Universal |
06 May 2021 |
| Legal defence |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 May 2021 |
| Cover story of some Bengali bi-monthly |
Irish Times Crosaire |
29 Apr 2021 |
| Defendant's story |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2021 |
| Defendant's story |
The Washington Post |
29 Mar 2021 |
| Suspect's necessity |
Canadiana |
29 Mar 2021 |
| Evidence found in Somali bin |
|
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| Bail suspect with one good reason for doing so? |
|
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| Defence starts to analyse legal issue behind injunction |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Mar 2021 |
| Evidence of being elsewhere |
The Times Concise |
16 Mar 2021 |
| Vindication |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Excuse of boxer swinging this way and that? |
|
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| Suspect's excuse |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Mar 2021 |
| Accused's excuse |
Newsday |
10 Mar 2021 |
| Plea of the accused |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Mar 2021 |
| Excuse one replacing a graduate in panto role |
|
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| Legal defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Mar 2021 |
| Boxer, huge, almost makes excuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Mar 2021 |
| Cover story of some Somali bishop |
Irish Times Crosaire |
25 Feb 2021 |
| Suspect's excuse |
|
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| Something checked in a case |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2021 |
| Court defense |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2021 |
| 'I was home alone all night,' e.g |
USA Today |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Suspect's defense |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jan 2021 |
| Provide excuse for a sexual impulse — finish being banned |
|
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| Rap-beating story |
Newsday |
21 Jan 2021 |
| Suspect's story |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Suspect's excuse |
USA Today |
10 Jan 2021 |
| Explanation |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Jan 2021 |
| Defendant's story |
Newsday |
15 Dec 2020 |
| Formal excuse |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2020 |
| It's a likely story |
Jonesin |
08 Dec 2020 |
| One can help you get off |
LA Times Daily |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Perp's excuse |
Premier Sunday |
29 Nov 2020 |
| Liberal in first-rate legal defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Suspect's excuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Defendant's trump card |
Family Time |
02 Nov 2020 |
| Cover story |
Premier Sunday |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Defendant's excuse |
New York Times |
12 Oct 2020 |
| Suspect's story |
The Washington Post |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Suspect's story |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Excuse Somali bigamist uses |
|
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| Excuse excellent that secures freedom |
|
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| Excuse Bengali bigmouth uses |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Sep 2020 |
| "I was at the club that night," e.g |
Universal |
30 Aug 2020 |
| One may be airtight |
USA Today |
28 Aug 2020 |
| Suspect’s story |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Aug 2020 |
| Defendant's excuse in a court of law |
|
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| 'I was with my girlfriend all evening,' e.g |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2020 |
| ___ defense (courtroom strategy) |
USA Today |
02 Aug 2020 |
| . Excuse one in vestment beside the writer |
|
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| Courtroom excuse |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2020 |
| Way out, of a sort |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jul 2020 |
| Part of a court defense |
Universal |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Couldn't-have-done-it reason |
USA Today |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Suspect's defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Cover story? |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Suspect's excuse |
|
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| Politician taken in by excellent excuse |
|
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| Defense strategy |
|
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| Excuse in court |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2020 |
| Excuse in court |
The Washington Post |
21 Jun 2020 |
| Excuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Jun 2020 |
| 9 The Black Superman hung around the same place giving evidence of being elsewhere |
|
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| Plea from Somali bishop |
|
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| 'Get out of jail' story |
New York Times |
08 Jun 2020 |
| Excuse Somali bigamist uses |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 May 2020 |
| Defence from suspect |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 May 2020 |
| Innocence indicator, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
30 May 2020 |
| Defence of Italy twice cut ball out |
|
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| Suspect's defense |
|
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| Accused's out |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Accused's excuse |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2020 |
| Legal defence excellent trapping Liberal |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Apr 2020 |
| Courtroom excuse |
Universal |
28 Mar 2020 |
| Excuse Bengali bicyclist uses |
The Sun Two Speed |
26 Mar 2020 |
| Defence from fighter boxing in the same place |
|
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| Excuse of the accused |
Universal |
24 Mar 2020 |
| Interrogation story |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2020 |
| The best one is airtight |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2020 |
| The best one is airtight |
The Washington Post |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Whodunit excuse |
Newsday |
10 Mar 2020 |
| Suspect's defense |
Universal |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Excuse provided by leaders of ASEAN leveraging Indira's brazen ideas |
|
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| Claim one was elsewhere |
The Times Concise |
12 Feb 2020 |
| Story of why you really couldn't have done it |
|
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| Old-style politician involved in excellent excuse |
|
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| Justification |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Feb 2020 |
| Story that one generally sticks to, whether it's true or not |
|
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| Plea from principal I bickered with |
|
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| Defence fighter nets one billion |
|
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| Excuse Bengali biker uses |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Dec 2019 |
| Suspect's story |
USA Today |
17 Dec 2019 |
| Story in a crime story |
Newsday |
15 Dec 2019 |
| Courtroom claim |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2019 |
| Suspect's story |
Newsday |
10 Dec 2019 |
| Suspect's excuse |
The Times Concise |
06 Dec 2019 |
| Defence of being elsewhere at the time of a crime |
Irish Times Simplex |
04 Dec 2019 |
| "Couldn't have been me" rationale |
Universal |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Defense in a courtroom |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 Nov 2019 |
| Excuse to stand out of tidal basin |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Oct 2019 |
| Excuse |
Canadiana |
14 Oct 2019 |
| Somewhat glib, I lark around getting legal letter off |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Oct 2019 |
| Suspect’s defense |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Oct 2019 |
| A politician has one form of defence |
|
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| "I couldn't have done that" excuse |
Universal |
19 Aug 2019 |
| Calf and tibia discovered to be explanation of movements |
|
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| Blame-avoiding story |
Newsday |
12 Aug 2019 |
| Story that lets you off the hook |
New York Times |
12 Aug 2019 |
| Court excuse |
Premier Sunday |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Out, of sorts |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2019 |
| Politician protected by first-class defence |
|
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| Crime story? |
Universal |
03 Aug 2019 |
| One endless account for a total review of cover story |
Irish Times Crosaire |
25 Jul 2019 |
| Accused's explanation |
Newsday |
17 Jul 2019 |
| Story on a stand |
The Washington Post |
17 Jun 2019 |
| "It wasn't me!" support |
Universal |
17 Jun 2019 |
| Story on a stand |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jun 2019 |
| Defense concern |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Defense concern |
The Washington Post |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Excuse heard in court |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2019 |
| Legal excuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 May 2019 |
| Perp's out |
Premier Sunday |
26 May 2019 |
| Trying out? |
Newsday |
11 May 2019 |
| Suspect's excuse |
|
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| Defendant's out |
USA Today |
06 May 2019 |
| Whodunit plot element |
Newsday |
05 May 2019 |
| Cover story? |
Wall Street Journal |
04 May 2019 |
| Cover story? |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2019 |
| Cover story? |
The Washington Post |
02 May 2019 |
| Manipulated bail with one's proof that one wasn't there |
|
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| One in England missing out on defence |
|
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| Suspect's proof of innocence |
Newsday |
16 Apr 2019 |
| A suspect's possible defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Liberal in first-rate legal excuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Plea of being elsewhere |
The Guardian Speedy |
14 Apr 2019 |
| Out |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Apr 2019 |
| An out-of-place defence |
|
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| Excuse Somali biker uses |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Apr 2019 |
| Making excuse, do cut off a sexual urge |
|
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| "I was out of town," e.g |
Universal |
31 Mar 2019 |
| Excuse to avert blame |
|
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| A defendant's might be unshakable |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Mar 2019 |
| Suspect's claim |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Mar 2019 |
| Perp's cover story |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Mar 2019 |
| Some sibilance picked up in "suspect's story" |
|
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| Defence of road going to close, say? |
|
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| Excuse that might be ''ironclad'' |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2019 |
| Arrestee's defense |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jan 2019 |
| Defense strategy |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jan 2019 |
| Suspect's excuse |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2019 |
| Suspect's excuse |
The Washington Post |
15 Jan 2019 |
| Defense strategy |
|
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| Story that lets you off the hook |
|
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| Out, of sorts |
|
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| Suspect's defense |
|
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| "I couldn't have done that" excuse |
|
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| "I was out of town," e.g. |
|
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| "It wasn't me!" support |
|
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| Crime story? |
|
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| Suspect's story |
|
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| Suspect's excuse |
|
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| Story on a stand |
|
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| Defense concern |
|
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| Cover story? |
|
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| Defendant's out |
|
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| Excuse heard in court |
|
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| A defendant's might be unshakable |
|
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| Arrestee's defense |
|
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| Cover story? |
|
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| It may clear a suspect |
|
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| One might be airtight |
|
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| Out |
|
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| Perp's cover story |
|
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| Legal excuse |
The Washington Post Sunday |
02 Dec 2018 |
| Court defense |
The Washington Post Sunday |
25 Nov 2018 |
| Defendant's excuse |
Universal |
22 Nov 2018 |
| Crook's cover |
The Washington Post |
12 Nov 2018 |
| Crook's cover |
LA Times Daily |
12 Nov 2018 |
| 'I was out of town at the time,' e.g |
USA Today |
31 Oct 2018 |
| Accused's story |
USA Today |
13 Oct 2018 |
| Cover for a crime |
Newsday |
28 Sep 2018 |
| Legal excuse |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2018 |
| Suspect's out |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2018 |
| A legal defence |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Sep 2018 |
| Out |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2018 |
| Excuse a former politician invented originally |
|
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| 'Elsewhere' plea |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Aug 2018 |
| Boxer's sexual orientation an excuse? |
|
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| "I was out of town then," e.g |
Universal |
23 Aug 2018 |
| One with renegotiated bail makes excuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 Aug 2018 |
| Account to question |
Universal |
18 Aug 2018 |
| Legal excuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Aug 2018 |
| It's inevitable without event synonymous with cover story |
Irish Times Crosaire |
16 Aug 2018 |
| Boy — one boy — one in need of legal defence |
|
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| Heavyweight boxer's first international defence |
|
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| Suspect-clearing story |
USA Today |
01 Aug 2018 |
| Excuse a politician succeeded by Independent |
The Telegraph Toughie |
31 Jul 2018 |
| Defensive story |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jul 2018 |
| Suspect's 'out' |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2018 |
| Suspect's excuse |
|
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| Boxer, one possessing second-rate defence |
|
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| Defensive line? |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2018 |
| Defensive line? |
The Washington Post |
21 Jun 2018 |
| Boxer, huge, with no good excuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jun 2018 |
| Cover story |
Universal |
09 Jun 2018 |
| Excuse Mali bigamist uses |
The Sun Two Speed |
21 May 2018 |
| Criminal's claim that he was elsewhere when the crime occurred |
|
|
| Excuse in court |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 May 2018 |
| Liberal put in jail with no defences or excuse |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Apr 2018 |
| Accused's line a judge might not believe |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2018 |
| Excuse from suspect |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Apr 2018 |
| Defence starts to argue legal issue behind item |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Apr 2018 |
| Cover story in Bengali biweekly |
Irish Times Crosaire |
27 Mar 2018 |
| Courtroom defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Mar 2018 |
| Bail organised, one having provided legal defence |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Mar 2018 |
| "I was at work then," e.g |
Universal |
21 Feb 2018 |
| In trial I bid case for acquittal |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Feb 2018 |
| The greatest supporting film unit provides reason why The Suspect is released |
Irish Times Crosaire |
06 Feb 2018 |
| Arranged bail before the first proof of innocence? |
|
|
| Claim while cuffed |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jan 2018 |
| Courtroom defense |
Newsday |
04 Jan 2018 |
| Suspect's "out" |
|
|
| Account to question |
|
|
| Cover story |
|
|
| Defendant's excuse |
|
|
| Out |
|
|
| Suspect's out |
|
|
| Accused's line a judge might not believe |
|
|
| "I was out of the country," e.g. |
|
|
| Suspect-clearing story |
|
|
| "I was out of town then," e.g. |
|
|
| "I was at work then," e.g. |
|
|
| Defensive line? |
|
|
| Accused's story |
|
|
| "I was out of town at the time," e.g. |
|
|
| Defensive story |
|
|
| Crook's cover |
|
|
| "Her ___" (Selleck film) |
Universal |
27 Dec 2017 |
| Bail dislodged – one makes an excuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Dec 2017 |
| Plea |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Dec 2017 |
| A party with primarily inadmissible legal defence |
|
|
| Often-questionable account |
New York Times |
16 Nov 2017 |
| Whodunit statement |
Newsday |
12 Nov 2017 |
| Part of a defendant's case, often |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Nov 2017 |
| Suspect's defense |
USA Today |
05 Nov 2017 |
| Losing diamonds, spontaneously one provides excuse |
|
|
| Bail changed over one's excuse |
|
|
| It might be airtight |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Oct 2017 |
| Defence |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Oct 2017 |
| 'I was with my mistress at the time,' maybe |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2017 |
| What "A" is for, in Sue Grafton's mystery series |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2017 |
| What 'A' is for, in Sue Grafton's mystery series |
The Washington Post |
19 Oct 2017 |
| Accused's defense |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2017 |
| Proof of innocence |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2017 |
| Out in court |
New York Times |
01 Oct 2017 |
| Fighter starts to box intelligently, presenting defence |
|
|
| One has to be elsewhere for this defence |
|
|
| Courtroom clearer, perhaps |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2017 |
| A politician once needing independent defence in law |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Sep 2017 |
| A suspect's excuse for not being responsible |
|
|
| It may be ironclad |
Universal |
31 Aug 2017 |
| Suspect's excuse |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jul 2017 |
| It's just an excuse |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2017 |
| Whodunit story? |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2017 |
| One may be cast-iron |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2017 |
| "I was home alone," perhaps |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jun 2017 |
| 'I was home alone,' perhaps |
The Washington Post |
30 Jun 2017 |
| Suspect's way out |
Universal |
09 Jun 2017 |
| Hearing aid? |
Wall Street Journal |
20 May 2017 |
| Suspect's need |
Universal |
17 May 2017 |
| Evidential statement, mostly set down, regarding certain sexual behaviour |
|
|
| Whodunit element |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2017 |
| It could be ironclad |
Universal |
23 Apr 2017 |
| 'I was at the movies - nowhere near the crime,' e.g |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2017 |
| Accused one's need |
Universal |
31 Mar 2017 |
| Court excuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Mar 2017 |
| Legal defense mechanism? |
LA Times Daily |
27 Mar 2017 |
| Legal defense mechanism? |
The Washington Post |
27 Mar 2017 |
| Defendant's story |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Mar 2017 |
| Suspect's explanation |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2017 |
| 'I was out of town,' e.g |
The Washington Post |
16 Mar 2017 |
| "I was out of town," e.g |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2017 |
| A reason that is given for not being at a place, at a particular time |
|
|
| Jail-avoiding cover |
Universal |
02 Mar 2017 |
| Murder mystery story |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Feb 2017 |
| Excuse brief liberation in capital |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Feb 2017 |
| A politician, one giving evidence in court |
|
|
| Reason often given to exculpate someone |
The Guardian Speedy |
05 Feb 2017 |
| It can keep one from going to jail |
Universal |
30 Jan 2017 |
| It could clear you? |
Family Time |
23 Jan 2017 |
| Accused one's defense |
Universal |
11 Jan 2017 |
| Bail out the individual primarily having strong defence |
|
|
| Evidence of innocence, sometimes |
Universal |
03 Jan 2017 |
| Suspect's need |
|
|
| "Her ___" (Selleck film) |
|
|
| Accused one's defense |
|
|
| Evidence of innocence, sometimes |
|
|
| It can keep one from going to jail |
|
|
| It could be ironclad |
|
|
| Whodunit story? |
|
|
| Out in court |
|
|
| One may be cast-iron |
|
|
| It may be ironclad |
|
|
| What "A" is for, in Sue Grafton's mystery series |
|
|
| Jail-avoiding cover |
|
|
| Often-questionable account |
|
|
| It's just an excuse |
|
|
| "I was with my mistress at the time," maybe |
|
|
| "I was at the movies - nowhere near the crime," e.g. |
|
|
| Suspect's way out |
|
|
| "I was out of town," e.g. |
|
|
| Suspect's defense |
|
|
| Accused's defense |
|
|
| "I was home alone," perhaps |
|
|
| . For one with sex drive, not to perform is an excuse |
|
|
| Excuse of a party, formerly independent |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Dec 2016 |
| It literally means 'elsewhere' |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Dec 2016 |
| Defence of the absent |
|
|
| Out at the station |
LA Times Daily |
04 Dec 2016 |
| Defence starts to address legal issue behind injunction |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Nov 2016 |
| Something that should be airtight |
The Washington Post |
29 Nov 2016 |
| "I was home alone" isn't a very strong one |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2016 |
| Blame-dodging excuse |
The Washington Post |
28 Nov 2016 |
| Suspect-clearing statement |
The Washington Post |
16 Nov 2016 |
| A Liberal with one excuse |
|
|
| Out in court |
The Washington Post |
08 Nov 2016 |
| Accused's need |
Universal |
22 Oct 2016 |
| An excuse to bail one out |
|
|
| "I was with my girlfriend all night," say |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2016 |
| Cover story |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2016 |
| Cover story |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2016 |
| Excuse |
The Times Concise |
22 Sep 2016 |
| Trial excuse |
Premier Sunday |
18 Sep 2016 |
| Suspect's out |
Newsday |
11 Sep 2016 |
| One might not hold up in court |
LA Times Daily |
21 Aug 2016 |
| Crime-story story |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2016 |
| Excuse |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2016 |
| Legal term from the Latin 'elsewhere' |
The Guardian Speedy |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Boxer once swinging both ways in defence |
|
|
| It can keep you out of jail |
Universal |
28 Jul 2016 |
| Thing given to the police |
Universal |
07 Jul 2016 |
| Excuse made by Liberal seen in first-class surroundings |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Jul 2016 |
| Suspected perp's story |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2016 |
| A Liberal has one excuse |
|
|
| A politician like Gladstone, one being in another place |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Jun 2016 |
| Perp's cover story |
Universal |
24 May 2016 |
| Boxer swinging in defence |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Apr 2016 |
| Defence of boxer holding one back initially |
|
|
| End of the first Millhone novel title |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2016 |
| Out in a courtroom |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2016 |
| Excuse for the police |
Universal |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Legal plea |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Mar 2016 |
| Court defense |
LA Times Daily |
06 Mar 2016 |
| Whodunit staple |
Newsday |
04 Mar 2016 |
| "I was asleep at the time," e.g |
USA Today |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Tale told in an interrogation room |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2016 |
| It might be unshakable |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Feb 2016 |
| Jumping bail, I find a legal explanation |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jan 2016 |
| One in white vestment I excuse |
|
|
| Perp's cover story |
|
|
| Thing given to the police |
|
|
| It can keep you out of jail |
|
|
| "I was with my girlfriend all night," say |
|
|
| Suspect's story |
|
|
| Cover story |
|
|
| One might not hold up in court |
|
|
| Accused's need |
|
|
| Cover story |
|
|
| Out at the station |
|
|
| Suspected perp's story |
|
|
| What a witness may verify |
USA Today |
30 Dec 2015 |
| Thing often given to a detective |
USA Today |
16 Dec 2015 |
| Adult sex drive won't do as a defence |
|
|
| It could save one in the court |
|
|
| Innocence indicator |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Dec 2015 |
| One wasn't there to provide such a defence |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Nov 2015 |
| One in white vestment I excuse |
|
|
| Provide an excuse all in bid never to finish |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Nov 2015 |
| Jumping bail, I must make an excuse |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Excuse from a suspect |
Newsday |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Criminal excuse |
USA Today |
14 Nov 2015 |
| Excuse a student with one book -- one! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Oct 2015 |
| Courtroom excuse |
Premier Sunday |
27 Sep 2015 |
| It eliminates suspects |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2015 |
| Cover story of a sort |
Newsday |
17 Sep 2015 |
| Excuse maybe inevitable, event missed |
|
|
| Cover story |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Aug 2015 |
| Excuse for failure |
The Times Concise |
21 Aug 2015 |
| Justification one needed after jumping bail |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Aug 2015 |
| Suspect's story |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Aug 2015 |
| Suspect's explanation |
Universal |
11 Aug 2015 |
| Excuse for party in capital |
|
|
| "I was elsewhere" excuse |
Universal |
04 Aug 2015 |
| Suspect's excuse |
Premier Sunday |
02 Aug 2015 |
| The greatest supporting film unit provides reason for not causing offence |
Irish Times Crosaire |
27 Jul 2015 |
| Accused's need |
USA Today |
07 Jul 2015 |
| Proof you weren't anywhere near the murder |
New York Times |
25 May 2015 |
| The greatest supporting film unit provides reason for not causing offense |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 May 2015 |
| Excuse to hold old-style party in first-class |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 May 2015 |
| Proof of a convenient absence? |
|
|
| Literally, ''in another place'' |
Newsday |
17 Apr 2015 |
| Bail set before one delivers defence |
|
|
| Excuse for being absent |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Mar 2015 |
| Convenient story |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2015 |
| Excuse |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Mar 2015 |
| Suspect's story |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2015 |
| Provides get out of jail card to leaders of Arab localities in Beersheba, Israel |
Irish Times Crosaire |
16 Feb 2015 |
| Plea of being elsewhere |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Feb 2015 |
| Story is impromptu one with no depth |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Jan 2015 |
| Literally, "in another place" |
Universal |
19 Jan 2015 |
| A political party member, one making excuse |
|
|
| Whodunit story |
Newsday |
04 Jan 2015 |
| Bail broken? One makes an excuse |
|
|
| "Somewhere else" excuse |
Universal |
02 Jan 2015 |
| Blame-avoiding story |
|
|
| Suspect's story |
|
|
| Legal defence of fighter by big industry leaders |
|
|
| Courtroom excuse |
|
|
| Criminal excuse |
|
|
| What a witness may verify |
|
|
| Thing often given to a detective |
|
|
| Convenient story |
|
|
| Accused's need |
|
|
| It eliminates suspects |
|
|
| Proof you weren't anywhere near the murder |
|
|
| Suspect's story |
|
|
| Courtroom excuse |
|
|
| Suspect's excuse |
|
|
| Excuse of a David Gray song? |
|
|
| Airtight David Gray song? |
|
|
| It'll fly if it's airtight |
|
|
| "I was elsewhere" excuse |
|
|
| "Somewhere else" excuse |
|
|
| Literally, "in another place" |
|
|
| Suspect's explanation |
|
|
| Cover story |
|
|
| Exonerating excuse |
|
|
| Suspect's excuse |
|
|
| Suspect's story |
|
|
| Ramones "You know I need no ___" |
|
|
| Out for the accused |
|
|
| Whodunit story |
|
|
| Whodunit staple |
|
|
| Whodunit plot element |
|
|
| Suspect's story |
|
|
| Suspect's explanation |
|
|
| Suspect's excuse |
|
|
| Literally, "in another place" |
|
|
| Excuse from a suspect |
|
|
| Cover story of a sort |
|
|
| Bail broken? One makes an excuse |
|
|
| Piece of evidence needs a liberal interpretation at first |
|
|
| A lady in black, interestingly starts with an excuse |
|
|
| A politician of yesteryear, one to offer defence |
|
|
| Clay walls for Bali's defence |
|
|
| Defensive line? |
|
|
| Defendant's out |
|
|
| Courtroom excuse |
|
|
| Out |
|
|
| Excuse |
|
|
| Cover for a crime |
|
|
| It's best when airtight |
|
|
| Part of a defense |
|
|
| "I was home watching TV," e.g. |
|
|
| "I was home all night," for one |
|
|
| It may be heard at a hearing |
|
|
| One might not hold up in court |
|
|
| Excuse |
|
|
| It's best when it's airtight |
|
|
| It's best when it's airtight |
|
|
| "I couldn't have done it because ...," e.g. |
|
|
| Accused's story |
|
|
| Interrogation room account |
|
|
| It eliminates a suspect |
|
|
| Out of sorts? |
|
|
| It might be airtight |
|
|
| Tall story, often |
|
|
| Suspect's out |
|
|
| Wrongdoer's excuse |
|
|
| Suspect's need |
|
|
| Blame-avoiding explanation |
|
|
| One might stand up in court |
|
|
| Subject of corroboration |
|
|
| Excuse for one trailing after a Liberal |
|
|
| A coalition party's current excuse for failure |
|
|
| A party member's first defence |
|
|
| Suspect's excuse |
|
|
| One may be given to a detective |
|
|
| Story |
|
|
| Defendant's story |
|
|
| It eliminates suspects |
|
|
| Seemingly good excuse |
|
|
| Defendant's story |
|
|
| "I was at my friend's all night," e.g. |
|
|
| Out at a trial |
|
|
| Court defense |
|
|
| Cover story? |
|
|
| Exculpatory evidence |
|
|
| Proof of innocence, perhaps |
|
|
| Suspect's need |
|
|
| It eliminates a suspect |
|
|
| Courtroom voucher? |
|
|
| Suspect's "I was home asleep," e.g. |
|
|
| It could be a strong defense |
|
|
| Story including a time and place |
|
|
| Excuse to avoid blame |
|
|
| Story including a time and place |
|
|
| Defensive story |
|
|
| One may be given to a detective |
|
|
| Story |
|
|
| Perp's cover |
|
|
| Court defense |
|
|
| It means "elsewhere" in Latin |
|
|
| Excuse for unnatural sex act involving movement of women, perhaps |
|
|
| Perhaps Clegg gets in great excuse |
|
|
| First person to uphold a liberal defence |
|
|
| Accused's excuse |
|
|
| Perp-to-cop story |
|
|
| It may help one get away with 50-Down |
|
|
| "Airtight" story |
|
|
| Suspect's excuse |
|
|
| Vouch for, perhaps |
|
|
| Defendant's story |
|
|
| Cover story? |
|
|
| Story in a whodunit |
|
|
| Cover story |
|
|
| "I had to visit my sick aunt," e.g. |
|
|
| Airtight story |
|
|
| What an accused perpetrator needs |
|
|
| Court defense |
|
|
| Cover of a kind |
|
|
| Defensive story |
|
|
| Perp's excuse |
|
|
| Perp's story |
|
|
| Perp-to-cop story |
|
|
| Suspect's excuse |
|
|
| Perp's story |
|
|
| Perp's excuse |
|
|
| Out |
|
|
| Cover of a kind |
|
|
| Excuse in a whodunit |
|
|
| Possible proof of innocence |
|
|
| Trial ploy |
|
|
| Court excuse |
|
|
| "I was at home in bed," for example |
|
|
| Thin Lizzy "Waiting for an ___" |
|
|
| "The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
|
|
| "I was at work all day," e.g. |
|
|
| What an accused perpetrator needs |
|
|
| Grafton's "A" |
|
|
| Trial excuse |
|
|
| Perp's cover |
|
|
| Defensive line? |
|
|
| Grafton's "A" |
|
|
| "I was at a movie when it happened," e.g. |
|
|
| "Perfect murder" component |
|
|
| Hood's excuse |
|
|
| Suspect's trump card |
|
|
| Cover |
|
|
| Cover, so to speak |
|
|
| Out of sorts |
|
|
| It may help one get away with murder |
|
|
| "I had to visit my sick aunt," e.g. |
|
|
| "I was stuck in traffic at the time," e.g. |
|
|
| "I had to visit my sick aunt," e.g. |
|
|
| Perp's cover |
|
|
| "I was at my mom's house at the time," for example |
|
|
| It could clear you |
|
|
| What a murder suspect needs |
|
|
| Out for a trial |
|
|
| Perp's out |
|
|
| It may be ironclad |
|
|
| Perp's out |
|
|
| Suspect eliminator |
|
|
| Out of sorts? |
|
|
| Accusation beater |
|
|
| Accused's excuse |
|
|
| Excuse |
|
|
| "I was at a movie when the crime occurred," e.g. |
|
|
| "I was out of town," for one |
|
|
| A witness may verify it |
|
|
| Accused's excuse |
|
|
| Out, of sorts |
|
|
| Excuse of a sort |
|
|
| "I was walking the dog at the time," e.g. |
|
|
| Defendant's ploy |
|
|
| A suspect's might be suspect |
|
|
| "Airtight" story |
|
|
| Out, at the police station |
|
|
| Suspect's story |
|
|
| Suspect's defense |
|
|
| Defendant's testimony, maybe |
|
|
| It'll fly if it's ironclad |
|
|
| Proof of innocence |
|
|
| Suspect's "I was home all night," e.g. |
|
|
| Story to verify |
|
|
| Element of a murder mystery |
|
|
| Defendant's need |
|
|
| Defendant's words |
|
|
| Legal excuse |
|
|
| Criminal explanation |
|
|
| Defendant's excuse |
|
|
| It's good when airtight |
|
|
| Latin for "elsewhere" |
|
|
| Defendant's need |
|
|
| "I was at my friend's all night," e.g. |
|
|
| "Perfect murder" component |
|
|
| Cover story? |
|
|
| Suspect's "I was home all night," e.g. |
|
|
| Story to verify |
|
|
| Court defense |
|
|
| Defendant's story |
|
|
| Perp's out |
|
|
| "I was away on business," e.g. |
|
|
| "I ran out of gas," e.g. |
|
|
| Out |
|
|
| "I was home alone, asleep" isn't a very good one |
|
|
| "I was at a movie theater when it happened," e.g. |
|
|
| It might be airtight |
|
|
| Defense establishment? |
|
|
| "I was at my friend's all night," e.g. |
|
|
| "I was at my friend's all night," e.g. |
|
|
| A witness may verify one |
|
|
| It may be airtight |
|
|
| Suspect eliminator |
|
|
| A witness may verify one |
|
|
| Defense mechanism? |
|
|
| Elsewhere, in Latin |
|
|
| "I was home alone, asleep" isn't a very good one |
|
|
| One might stand up in court |
|
|
| Literally, "elsewhere" |
|
|
| One's out |
|
|
| ___ Ike (excuse-making Ring Lardner character) |
|
|
| Literally, "elsewhere" |
|
|
| "___ Ike" (Ring Lardner story) |
|
|
| Cover story? |
|
|
| With 93 Down, Lardner story |
|
|
| DNA results, maybe |
|
|
| Accused's words |
|
|
| Corroborator, maybe |
|
|
| Suspect's excuse |
|
|
| Out on the stand |
|
|
| Easy out? |
|
|
| Courtroom excuse |
|
|
| Stand out? |
|
|
| Crime story? |
|
|
| Excuse |
|
|
| "___ Ike" |
|
|
| Suspect's need |
|
|
| Arrestee's excuse |
|
|
| Whodunit plot line |
|
|
| Out on the stand |
|
|
| Out, of sorts |
|
|
| It may be airtight |
|
|
| Clearing statement |
|
|
| Excuse |
|
|
| Out of sorts? |
|
|
| Grafton's "A" is for it |
|
|
| Out |
|
|
| Legal defense |
|
|
| Defense aid |
|
|
| "I was asleep," for one |
|
|
| Defense mechanism |
|
|
| Alleged perp's need |
|
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| A suspect's might be suspect |
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| Suspect's out |
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| One might be airtight |
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| Acquittal ploy |
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| Defense's focal point |
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| Defense mechanism |
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| Cover story? |
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| Accused perp's excuse |
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| Suspect's story |
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| Excuse |
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| Legal claim |
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| Make excuses for |
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| It may be airtight |
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| A suspect's might be suspect |
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| Alleged perp's need |
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| Cover story? |
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| Defendant's defense |
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| Defendant's dodge |
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| Out for the accused |
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| Cover story |
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| Ring Lardner's "___ Ike" |
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| Perp's pretext |
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| "I was elsewhere" excuse |
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| Accused perp's excuse |
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| "I was asleep," for one |
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| Defense mechanism |
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| Defendant's excuse |
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| Literally, " at another place" |
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| It might be airtight |
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| ___ Ike (excuse maker) |
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| Suspect's excuse |
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| Ike's first name? |
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| Handy excuse |
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| Defense aid |
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| Cover story? |
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| Suspect's need |
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| Defendant's story |
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| Court excuse |
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| Cover story |
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| "I was at the movies," e.g. |
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| Defendant's out |
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| Cover story? |
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| Legal excuse |
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| "I was at home washing my dog," e.g. |
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| Defendant's story |
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| It could be a strong defense |
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| Proof of innocence, perhaps |
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| Suspect's need |
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| Legal defense |
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| Alleged perp's defense |
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| Defendant's story |
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| Alleged perp's story |
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| Airtight story, maybe |
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| Saving yarn? |
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| Airtight story, maybe |
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| Excuse in court |
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| It should be airtight |
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| It may be airtight |
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| Defendant's ploy |
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| Excuse to avoid blame |
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| Exculpatory evidence |
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| It may be airtight |
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| Cover story |
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| Alleged perp's story |
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| Perp's excuse |
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| Suspect eliminator |
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| It may be airtight |
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| Sob story |
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| Cover story |
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| Perp's excuse |
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| Perp's out |
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| Courtroom word |
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| Story of a sort |
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| Court story |
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| Defense of a sort |
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| Trial story |
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| Perp's story |
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| Story of a sort |
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| Court story |
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| Grafton's A |
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| Criminal excuse |
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| Perp's out |
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| Excuse |
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| Word in many "Law & Order" scripts |
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| Excuse |
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| Cover story? |
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| Cover story |
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| "Her ___" (1988 Selleck / Porizkova movie) |
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| Way out |
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| Suspect's out |
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| It may be airtight |
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| Likely story? |
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| Exculpatory story |
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| Literally, "elsewhere" |
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| "The dog ate my homework?, e.g. |
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| Out in court |
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| It might be airtight |
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| Out of sorts |
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| Not always a likely story |
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| Legal defense |
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| It may be corroborated |
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| "The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
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| Courtroom excuse |
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| Out of sorts |
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| Whereabouts, often |
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| ___ Ike |
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| Exculpatory story |
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| I was out of town, for one |
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| Legal defense |
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| Centerpiece of the defense |
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| Excuse |
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| Where an innocent man was |
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| It may be corroborated |
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| Defensive story |
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| Defense, perhaps |
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| Defense ploy |
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| Not guilty plea excuse |
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| Defendants excuse |
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| Accused's excuse |
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| Defense, sometimes |
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| "I was with Mom," e.g. |
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| Accused's story |
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| Defendant's dodge |
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| "I was at home sleeping at the time," e.g. |
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| Accused's need |
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| Slip cover? |
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| Formal excuse |
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| "I was away on business," e.g. |
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| Defendant's dodge |
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| "I was out of town at the time of the murder," e.g. |
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| Court story |
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| Out of sorts? |
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| "I was at home all night," e.g. |
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| Ike's story? |
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| Interrogation room account |
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| Story on the stand |
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| Cover story? |
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| Best defense, in some cases |
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| "I was at the movies at the time," e.g. |
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| Court excuse |
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| Out |
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| Reason for acquittal |
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| Accused's defense |
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| Defensive tale |
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| "I was out of town at the time," e.g. |
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| Bishop, one supporting boxer's defence |
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| Courtroom offering |
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| "The dog ate my homework" |
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| Excuse, on the stand |
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| Latecomer's excuse |
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| Defendant's explanation |
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| One might stand up in court |
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| Way out? |
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| Make excuses |
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| Defendant's excuse |
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| "I wasn't there," e.g. |
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| ____ Ike |
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| Ike's excuse |
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| Latin for "elsewhere" |
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| Innocence evidence |
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| Accused's excuse |
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| Evidence of innocence |
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| It may help one get away with murder |
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| Ike's first name? |
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| Cop-out |
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| Common defense |
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| Voucher? |
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| Element of a murder mystery |
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| Defendant's best hope |
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| Out |
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| Defense mechanism |
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| Excuse |
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| "I ran out of gas," e.g. |
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| Story, sometimes |
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| Suspect's need |
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| It might let a person off |
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| Way out? |
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| Defense witness, perhaps |
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| "I was at my girlfriend's," e.g. |
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| Suspect's "out" |
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| Convenient story |
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| Something to fall back on? |
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| Defense at court |
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| Court defense |
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| Epithet for Ike |
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| Defendant's mainstay |
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| Slip cover? |
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| Lardner's "___ Ike" |
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| Ironclad defense, usually |
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| Plausible excuse |
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| Well-known Ike |
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| Mason's concern |
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| Lardner's ___ Ike |
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| "Her ___," Selleck film |
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| Excuse of a sort |
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| Pretext, possibly |
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| This is sometimes ironclad |
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| Whodunit feature |
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| Defense ploy |
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| Defendant's defense, sometimes |
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| Criminal's concern |
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| Excuse in a whodunit |
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| Suspect's defense |
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| Seemingly good excuse |
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| Certain testimony |
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| Court explanation |
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| "___ Ike": Lardner |
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| Court excuse |
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| Excuse at court |
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| Exonerating excuse |
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| Evidence for the defense |
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| A defense at court |
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| ___ Ike (buck-passer) |
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| At another place: Lat. |
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| Point in a defendant's favor |
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| Pretext, perhaps |
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| Word meaning "elsewhere" |
|
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| Point in a suspect's favor |
|
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| Mystery-story ingredient |
|
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| "Slip cover" |
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| Excuse |
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| Pretext |
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| Lawyer's concern |
|
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| Ike's specialty |
|
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| Defendant's out |
|
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| ___ Ike |
|
|
| Legal excuse |
|
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| Defendant's defense |
|
|
| Make excuses |
|
|
| Elsewhere plea |
|
|
| "I wasn't there" |
|
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| Suspect's defense |
|
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| Legal plea |
|
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| Any excuse: Colloq. |
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| Culprit's standby |
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| Elsewhere: Latin. |
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| Story of a kind |
|
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| Legal defense |
|
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| Proof of innocence. |
|
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| "I wasn't there," e.g. |
|
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| In another place: Lat. |
|
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| Good excuse. |
|
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| Excuse |
|
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| Legal plea. |
|
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| "I wasn't there," for example. |
|
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| Plausible excuse. |
|
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| What everyone has in a whodunit. |
|
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| Legal excuse. |
|
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| Excuse, informally. |
|
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| A popular defense in court. |
|
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| Excuse of being elsewhere. |
|
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| Courtroom story |
|
|
| "I was nowhere near Oakland," e.g. |
|
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| Out lines? |
|
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| A well-known "Ike." |
|
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| Court defense. |
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| Excuse: Colloq. |
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| Excuse. |
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| Elsewhere: Lat. |
|
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| Legal defense. |
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| Et ___ (and elsewhere). |
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| Suspect's necessity. |
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| Form of legal defense. |
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| See 53 Across. |
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| Et ___ (and elsewhere): Lat. |
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| Court excuse. |
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