| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Excuses vacuous politicians keeping on message | The Telegraph Cryptic | 05 May 2025 |
| False excuses given to cloak the real state of affairs (8) | ||
| Ostensible motivations | ||
| False motives (8) | ||
| When you actually had to call people? | Universal | 02 Jul 2021 |
| Deceptive excuses | Universal | 14 Apr 2021 |
| Excuses | LA Times Daily | 04 Oct 2018 |
| Excuses | ||
| Sends message beforehand, perhaps, to give excuses | The Telegraph Toughie | 08 Mar 2018 |
| Excuses | ||
| Excuses | ||
| Ostensible reasons | ||
| Excuses | ||
| Subterfuges | ||
| Excuses. |