Senior detectives excuse certain offence Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DISPLEASURE Senior detectives excuse certain offence (11) The Telegraph Cryptic Jun 23, 2016
2% SON Junior, to senior (3) Thomas Joseph Sep 29, 2025
2% SENSOR Detecting device (6) The Times Concise Sep 29, 2025
2% AWOL Not present and not excused, for short (4) New York Times Sep 28, 2025
2% ISA "The best defence ____ good offence" (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 26, 2025
2% IRA Senior's $$$ source (3) Universal Sep 22, 2025
2% ALIBI Suspect's excuse (5) Eugene Sheffer Sep 19, 2025
2% CONDONE Excuse, forgive (7) Puzzler Backwords Sep 18, 2025
2% MORSE Oxford detective (5) The Telegraph Quick Sep 17, 2025
2% ABBOT Senior monk (5) The Telegraph Quick Sep 15, 2025

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