| Excuses |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2026 |
| I, Basil, organised excuses (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
28 Jun 2026 |
| I, Basil, organised excuses (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
23 May 2026 |
| Defendants' defenses |
Newsday |
03 May 2026 |
| They may crumble under cross-examination |
New York Times |
21 Apr 2026 |
| "I'm not guilty" stories |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2026 |
| Excuses |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Apr 2026 |
| Cover stories |
USA Today |
06 Feb 2026 |
| Crime stories? |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2025 |
| Excuses |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Oct 2025 |
| I, Basil, organised excuses (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
29 Sep 2025 |
| A Liberal exists? They say one's somewhere else |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
16 Aug 2025 |
| To bail out, is providing excuses (6) |
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| I, Basil, organised excuses (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
01 May 2025 |
| Legal defences |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Mar 2025 |
| "I was at home at the time, Detective," etc. |
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| Cover stories? (4-6 + ...) |
Universal |
01 Jan 2025 |
| Outs given on the stand |
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| "I got up, got a latte, went to the gym, got a perm, and came home," and others |
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| "No ___" (1990 Eric Clapton hit) |
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| I, Basil, organised excuses (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 Sep 2024 |
| Suspects' stories |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Aug 2024 |
| Pleas of elsewhere (6) |
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| I, Basil, organised excuses (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Defence pleas (6) |
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| Courtroom suspect defences |
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| Proofs of innocence (6) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Elsewhere defences |
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| Suspects' defenses |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2024 |
| A large bird provides proofs of innocence |
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| "I'm not guilty" stories |
USA Today |
15 Mar 2024 |
| We hear Ally buys criminal defences (6) |
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| Excuses |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Cover stories |
USA Today |
11 Apr 2023 |
| "I'm not guilty" stories |
Universal |
26 Feb 2023 |
| Suspects' stories |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Feb 2023 |
| Blame-avoiding stories |
Newsday |
24 Oct 2022 |
| Outs |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2022 |
| Excuses |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Cover stories |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2022 |
| Excuses |
LA Times Daily |
24 Aug 2022 |
| Excuses |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jul 2022 |
| Defendants' outs |
Universal |
06 Jan 2022 |
| Cover-ups |
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| Excuses |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Dec 2020 |
| Excuses |
New York Times |
29 Oct 2020 |
| Collected basil around island produced by those who may be suspect |
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| One's associated with a former politician's excuses |
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| Defendants' defenses |
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| Provides an excuse |
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| Provides an excuse |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jan 2020 |
| Excuses from suspects |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2019 |
| Outs |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2019 |
| Suspects' stories |
USA Today |
05 Jul 2019 |
| Suspects' stories |
LA Times Daily |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Suspects' stories |
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| Suspects' stories |
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| Suspects' stories |
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| Outs |
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| Suspect statements? |
New York Times |
14 Oct 2018 |
| Excuses |
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| Excuses |
LA Times Daily |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Airtight explanations |
Universal |
09 Sep 2018 |
| Suspects' defenses |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2018 |
| Exculpatory stories |
Newsday |
24 Aug 2018 |
| Legal defences of being somewhere else at times of crimes |
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| Outs at trials |
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| One bails out, having excuses for not being there |
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| Boxer twice making excuses for failure |
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| Excuses |
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| Suspects' defenses |
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| Suspect statements? |
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| Airtight explanations |
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| Excuses boxer twice in Paris |
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| Courtroom explanations |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2017 |
| Outs, in court |
Premier Sunday |
29 Oct 2017 |
| Unprepared – is daughter going to make excuses? |
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| Whodunit elements |
Newsday |
19 Oct 2017 |
| Whodunit stories |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2017 |
| Suspects' stories |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Oct 2017 |
| Suspects' stories |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Sep 2017 |
| Suspect's stories |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Jun 2017 |
| Politician in aisle drops the French legal defences |
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| They've got you covered |
New York Times |
12 May 2016 |
| Exonerating factors |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Apr 2016 |
| Nearly completely over bird's defences |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Mar 2016 |
| Crime stories? |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2016 |
| Cops check them out |
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| Stand outs? |
New York Times |
07 Jan 2016 |
| Courtroom vouchers? |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jan 2016 |
| Stand outs? |
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| Courtroom vouchers? |
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| Outs |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2015 |
| Outs |
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| They might not hold up in court |
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| Clapton "Journeyman" rocker "No ___" |
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| Some are airtight |
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| Excuses, excuses |
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| Common defenses |
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| Mystery stories? |
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| Cover stories |
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| Detectives hear a lot of them |
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| Cops sometimes crack them |
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| Stories on stands |
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| Excuses from suspects |
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| Stories on stands |
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| They may fall apart under cross-examination |
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| Outs |
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| Courtroom defenses |
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| Some are airtight |
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| Some are airtight |
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| Trial excuses |
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| Con man's excuses |
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| Perps need good ones |
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| "I was at my girlfriend's at the time," and others |
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| Perps need good ones |
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| Suspects' excuses |
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| Suspects' defenses |
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| Defendants' spouses, sometimes |
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| "Where were you on the night of" stories |
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| Defendants' spouses, sometimes |
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| Detectives check them |
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| "Where were you on the night of" stories |
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| Some witnesses |
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| Some witnesses |
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| Columbo heard a lot of them |
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| Cover stories |
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| Detectives check them |
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| "The dog ate my homework" and the like |
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| Exonerates, in a way |
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| Suspect stories |
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| Means of exoneration |
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| Makes excuses |
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| Suspect stories |
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| Excuses |
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| "I was home asleep at the time of the murder" and others |
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| Explanations to get you off the hook |
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| Excuses |
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| "I was at my mother's," and others |
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| Excuses |
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| Covers |
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| Perps' stories |
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| Perps' stories |
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| Parts of interrogations |
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| Cover stories |
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| Parts of interrogations |
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| Detectives check them |
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| Cover stories |
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| Some are airtight |
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| Blame deflectors |
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| Exculpatory explanations |
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| Stories |
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| Stories told in court |
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| Stories |
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| Con man's excuses |
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| Detectives check them |
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| What suspects need |
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| Excuses |
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| Interrogation room excuses |
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| Some are airtight |
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| Provides an excuse for |
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| Cover-ups |
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| Common defenses |
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| Suspected felons' outs |
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| Legal excuses |
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| Ike has plenty of them |
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| Legal excuses |
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| Detectives check them |
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| Suspects' stories |
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| Excuses |
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| Legal outs |
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| Suspects' defenses |
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| Defendants' excuses |
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| Covers |
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| Excuses |
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| They may help one get away with murder |
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| Courtroom defenses |
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| Ike's excuses? |
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| Common defenses |
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| Excuses |
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| Cover stories? |
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| Mystery stories? |
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| Excuses heard in "L.A. Law" |
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| Excuses for defendants |
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| Excuses at court |
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| Out lines? |
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| Whodunit ingredients. |
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| Out providers |
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| Pleas of defense. |
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| Certain pleas. |
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| Excuses. |
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| Legal pleas. |
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| Crime stories? |
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