| Interpret extortion with justification (7) |
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| Show before phone message (7) |
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| False reason, excuse (7) |
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| An excuse offered |
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| False reason |
Commuter |
12 May 2025 |
| Excuse made before the printed word (7) |
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| Spurious reason (7) |
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| Ostensible motive concealing the true one (7) |
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| Something put forward to conceal the true purpose (7) |
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| Alleged reason for an advanced piece of writing? (7) |
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| Excuse you couldn't make by SMS? |
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| Ostensible motive (7) |
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| Alleged reason |
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| False excuse |
Mirror Tea Time |
31 Oct 2024 |
| Excuse for a foreword maybe (7) |
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| Excuse before biblical quotation (7) |
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| Excuse for doing or not doing something (7) |
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| Apparent reason not everyone can see this Virgin Mobile message |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Aug 2024 |
| A fictitious reason given in order to conceal the real one (7) |
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| Strasbourg's ready with external, dubious rationale |
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| Specious excuse |
Mirror Classic |
04 Jun 2024 |
| Specious excuse |
The Times Concise |
23 May 2024 |
| Reason which you pretend has caused you to do something (7) |
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| Specious excuse to start preaching on a written subject (7) |
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| Excuse presented before SMS (7) |
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| Specious excuse before phone message |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Excuse used before arrival of phone messaging |
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| Supposed reason purser occasionally given message |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Excuse for acting before script is here? |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Apr 2023 |
| Excuse company essentially about mobile phone message |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Oct 2022 |
| Excuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Sep 2022 |
| Excuse expert fabricated ahead of time |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Jun 2022 |
| Writing on page about excuse |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Nov 2021 |
| Writing on page about excuse |
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| Excuse pressure concerning words used for speech |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Oct 2021 |
| Excuse before written material |
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| Excuse used before the advent of phone messaging |
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| False excuse |
Universal |
02 Feb 2021 |
| Supposed reason |
Universal |
01 Feb 2021 |
| Front page has concerning message |
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| Excuse |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Apr 2020 |
| Cover coming before book? |
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| False justification before writing? |
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| Excuse, ruse |
The Times Concise |
11 Feb 2019 |
| Excuse for telegram, presumably? |
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| Deceptive excuse |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
08 Dec 2017 |
| Deceptive excuse |
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| False reason, guise |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Oct 2016 |
| Ruse |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Jun 2016 |
| What's not entirely attractive about old flame's excuse? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Oct 2015 |
| Excuse is almost fair embracing former wife |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Apr 2015 |
| Ostensible reason |
The Times Concise |
09 Apr 2015 |
| Excuse at a time when letters were still awaiting discovery? |
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| Excuse |
New York Times |
14 Feb 2015 |
| Excuse |
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| Excuse |
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| Concocted reason |
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| "I'm staying in to wash my hair," perhaps |
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| It's not the real reason |
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| Subterfuge |
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| Excuse |
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| Stalking-horse |
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| Excuse |
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| Fictitious reason |
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| Ostensible excuse |
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| Ostensible excuse |
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| Subterfuge |
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| Trumped-up excuse |
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| Stated motive |
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| Subterfuge |
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| Alleged motive. |
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| Ostensible reason |
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| Flimsy excuse. |
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| Excuse to cloak one's real intention. |
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| Excuse. |
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