Crossword Clue: Excuse
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Matching Crossword Puzzle Answers for "Excuse"
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Possibly related crossword clues for "Excuse"
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- ''___ Ike''
- ___ Ike (buck-passer)
- ___ Ike (excuse maker)
- "___ Ike": Lardner
- "___ Ike" (Ring Lardner story)
- ___ Ike
- ____ Ike
- A defendant's might be unshakable
- A defense at court
- "A Is for ___" (Sue Grafton novel)
- A suspect's might be suspect
- A witness may verify it
- A witness may verify one
- Account to question
- Accused one's defense
- Accused one's need
- Accused perp's excuse
- Accused's defense
- Accused's excuse
- Accused's explanation
- Accused's line a judge might not believe
- Accused's need
- Accused's out
- Accused's story
- Best defense, in some cases
- Arrestee's defense
- Arrestee's excuse
- At another place: Lat.
- Blame-avoiding explanation
- Blame-avoiding story
- Blame-dodging excuse
- Airtight David Gray song?
- Airtight story
- "Airtight" story
- Alleged perp's defense
- Alleged perp's need
- Grafton's "A"
- Grafton’s “A”
- Grafton's "A Is for ___"
- Grafton's A
- Interrogation room account
- Interrogation story
- Ironclad defense, usually
- Defence
- Defence excuse
- Defence plea
- Defendant's best hope
- Defendant's cover story
- Defendant's defense, sometimes
- Defendant's defense
- Defendant's dodge
- Defendant's excuse that might be called "airtight"
- Defendant's excuse
- Defendant's mainstay
- Defendant's need
- Defendant's offering
- Defendant's out
- Defendant's ploy
- Defendant's story
- Defendant's testimony, maybe
- Defendant's words
- Defense
- Defense aid
- Defense at court
- Defense concern
- Defense establishment?
- Defense in a courtroom
- Defense mechanism
- Defense mechanism?
- Defense of a sort
- Defense, perhaps
- Defense ploy
- Defense strategy
- Defense witness, perhaps
- Defense's focal point
- Defensive line?
- Defensive story
- Certain testimony
- It can keep one from going to jail
- It can keep you out of jail
- Hood's excuse
- It could be a strong defense
- It could be ironclad
- It could clear you
- It eliminates a suspect
- It eliminates suspects
- It literally means "elsewhere"
- It may be airtight
- Element of a murder mystery
- It may be heard at a hearing
- It may be ironclad
- It may clear a suspect
- It may help one get away with murder
- Elsewhere excuse
- Elsewhere: Lat.
- Elsewhere plea
- It means "elsewhere" in Latin
- Convenient story
- It might be airtight
- It might be unshakable
- It should be airtight
- "It wasn't me!" support
- End of the first Millhone novel title
- Corroborator, maybe
- It'll fly if it's airtight
- It'll fly if it's ironclad
- It's best when airtight
- It's best when it's airtight
- "Couldn't have been me" rationale
- Couldn't-have-done-it reason
- "I couldn't have done it because ...," e.g.
- "I couldn't have done that" excuse
- "I couldn't have eaten the last piece of your birthday cake, I was in...the...room...with...the...guy," for one
- It's good when airtight
- "I had to visit my sick aunt," e.g.
- It's just an excuse
- "I ran out of gas," e.g.
- Court defense
- Court excuse
- Court story
- "Get out of jail" story
- "I was asleep at the time," e.g.
- "I was asleep," for one
- "I was at a movie theater when it happened," e.g.
- "I was at a movie when it happened," e.g.
- "I was at a movie when the crime occurred," e.g.
- "I was at home in bed," for example
- "I was at home sleeping at the time," e.g.
- "I was at home washing my dog," e.g.
- "I was at my friend's all night," e.g.
- "I was at my girlfriend's," e.g.
- "I was at the club that night," e.g.
- "I was at the movies at the time," e.g.
- "I was at the movies," e.g.
- "I was at the movies - nowhere near the crime," e.g.
- "I was at work all day," e.g.
- "I was at work then," e.g.
- "I was away on business," e.g.
- "I was elsewhere" excuse
- "I was home all night," for one
- "I was home alone, asleep" isn't a very good one
- "I was home alone" isn't a very strong one
- "I was home alone," perhaps
- "I was home watching TV," e.g.
- "I was nowhere near Oakland," e.g.
- "I was out of the country," e.g.
- "I was out of town at the time," e.g.
- ''I was out of town at the time,'' e.g.
- "I was out of town at the time of the murder," e.g.
- "I was out of town," e.g.
- "I was out of town," for one
- "I was out of town that night," e.g.
- "I was out of town then," e.g.
- "I was sleeping at the time," e.g.
- "I was stuck in traffic at the time," e.g.
- "I was visiting my cousin at the time," for example
- "I was volunteering at the orphanage at the time of the murder," e.g.
- "I was walking the dog at the time," e.g.
- "I was with my girlfriend all night," say
- "I was with my mistress at the time," maybe
- "I wasn't there," e.g.
- "I wasn't there"
- Courtroom claim
- Courtroom clearer, perhaps
- Courtroom defence
- Courtroom defense
- Courtroom excuse
- Courtroom story
- Courtroom voucher?
- Cover for a crime
- Cover of a kind
- Cover, so to speak
- Cover story
- Cover story of a sort
- Cover story?
- Cover
- Epithet for Ike
- Claim that one was somewhere else at the time of a crime
- Claim while cuffed
- Ike's excuse?
- Ike's first name?
- Ike's specialty
- Jail-avoiding cover
- Clearing device?
- Clearing statement
- Crime-story story
- Crime story?
- Crime suspect's cover story
- Criminal excuse
- Criminal explanation
- Criminal's concern
- Crook's cover
- Evidence for the defense
- Evidence of innocence, sometimes
- Evidence of (or excuse for) being somewhere else at the time
- Hearing aid?
- Exculpatory evidence
- Exculpatory story
- Excuse.
- Excuse at court
- Excuse for not doing something
- Excuse for the judge
- Excuse for the police
- Excuse from a suspect
- Excuse heard in court
- Excuse in a whodunit
- Excuse in court
- Excuse of a David Gray song?
- Excuse of a sort
- Excuse of being elsewhere.
- Excuse of the accused
- Excuse that might be "ironclad"
- Excuse that might exonerate a suspect
- Excuse to avoid blame
- Excuse
- Culprit's standby
- Exonerating excuse
- "Her ___" (Selleck film)
- "Her ___," Selleck film
- Innocence indicator, perhaps
- Innocence indicator
- Justification
- Ring Lardner's "___ Ike"
- Whereabouts excuse
- Out at a trial
- Out, at the police station
- Out at the station
- Out for a trial
- Out for the accused
- Out in a courtroom
- Out in court
- Out lines?
- Story in a crime story
- Story in a whodunit
- Story including a time and place
- Out of sorts?
- Out, of sorts?
- Out, of sorts
- Story of a kind
- Story of why you really couldn't have done it
- Story on a stand
- Story that lets you off the hook
- Story that one generally sticks to, whether it's true or not
- Story that proves one's innocence
- Story that proves you couldn't have committed the crime
- Story to verify
- Story used for a legal defense
- Story
- Out on the stand
- Out
- The best one is airtight
- Whodunit element
- Whodunit excuse
- Whodunit feature
- Whodunit plot element
- Whodunit plot line
- Whodunit staple
- Whodunit statement
- Whodunit story?
- Whodunit story
- "The dog ate my homework," e.g.
- Plausible excuse
- Mason's concern
- Murder mystery story
- Trapt song for the accused?
- Something that should be airtight
- Something to fall back on?
- Subject of corroboration
- "Somewhere else" excuse
- Likely story?
- Trial excuse
- Trial ploy
- Vouch for, perhaps
- Voucher?
- Often-questionable account
- Point in a defendant's favor
- Point in a suspect's favor
- Mystery-story ingredient
- Witness's testimony about how a defendant couldn't have committed the crime
- Literally, '' at another place''
- Literally, "elsewhere"
- Literally, "in another place"
- Literally, ''in another place''
- Part of a court defense
- Part of a defendant's case, often
- Part of a defense
- Ramones "You know I need no ___"
- Lardner's ___ Ike
- Lardner's "___ Ike"
- Possible proof of innocence
- One may be airtight
- One may be cast-iron
- One may be given to a detective
- One might be airtight
- Lawyer's concern
- One might not hold up in court
- One might stand up in court
- Legal defence proving innocence
- Legal defence
- Legal defense mechanism?
- Legal defense
- Legal excuse
- Legal plea
- Legal plea.
- "Perfect murder" component
- Perp-to-cop story
- Perp's cover story
- Perp's cover
- Perp's excuse
- Perp's out
- Perp's pretext
- Perp's story
- Person of interest's cover
- Pretext, perhaps
- Pretext, possibly
- Pretext
- One's out
- Make excuses
- Proof of being elsewhere
- Proof of innocence, maybe
- Proof of innocence, perhaps
- Proof of innocence
- Proof of one's where abouts
- Proof you weren't anywhere near the murder
- Trying out?
- Word meaning "elsewhere"
- Way out?
- Way out, of a sort
- Way out
- Suspect-clearing statement
- Suspect-clearing story
- Suspect eliminator
- Suspected perp's story
- Suspect's "airtight" excuse
- Suspect's best defence
- Suspect's claim
- Suspect's concern
- Suspect's defence
- Suspect's defense
- Suspect's excuse that a police officer might try to confirm
- Suspect's excuse
- Suspect's explanation of where he or she was at a certain time
- Suspect's explanation
- Suspect's "I was home all night," e.g.
- Suspect's "I was home asleep," e.g.
- Suspect's necessity
- Suspect's need
- Suspect's "out"
- Suspect's out
- Suspect's proof of innocence
- Suspect's salvation?
- Suspect's story
- Suspect's trump card
- Suspect's way out
- Saving yarn?
- Thin Lizzy "Waiting for an ___"
- Thin Lizzy was "Waiting for" one
- Well-known Ike
- Thing given to the police
- Thing often given to a detective
- This is sometimes ironclad
- "This Is War" 30 Seconds to Mars song for a cover story?
- What "A" is for, in Sue Grafton's mystery series
- What a murder suspect needs
- What a witness may verify
- What an accused perpetrator needs
- Wrongdoer's excuse
- Tale told in an interrogation room
- Tall story, often
- Stand out?
- "Slip cover"
- Slip cover?
- Seemingly good excuse
Recent Usage of Excuse in Crossword Puzzles
We track a lot of different crossword puzzle providers to see where clues like "Excuse" have been used in the past.
Here are all of the places we know of that have used Excuse in their crossword puzzles recently:
- Evening Standard Quick - Nov. 5, 2020
- Evening Standard Quick - Sept. 30, 2020
- Evening Standard Quick - Aug. 26, 2020
- Penny Dell - July 26, 2020
- The Guardian Quick - July 20, 2020
- Penny Dell - June 16, 2020
- Penny Dell - May 7, 2020
- Penny Dell - April 30, 2020
- Evening Standard Quick - April 29, 2020
- Evening Standard Quick - April 20, 2020
- Evening Standard Quick - April 10, 2020
- Evening Standard Quick - March 13, 2020
- Evening Standard Quick - Feb. 12, 2020
- Evening Standard Quick - Dec. 19, 2019
- Evening Standard Quick - Dec. 12, 2019
- Evening Standard Quick - Dec. 2, 2019
- Penny Dell - Nov. 22, 2019
- Canadiana Crossword - Oct. 14, 2019
- Evening Standard Quick - Oct. 7, 2019
- Evening Standard Quick - Sept. 20, 2019
