Answer: ALIBI
ALIBI is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 279 times.
Referring Clues:
- Suspect's need
- Excuse
- "I ran out of gas," e.g.
- Way out
- Accused's need
- Accused's excuse
- Out
- Defendant's excuse
- "I was out of town at the time of the murder," e.g.
- Cover story?
- Court story
- Out of sorts?
- Suspect's story
- It might be airtight
- It may be airtight
- Suspect eliminator
- Saving yarn?
- Defense aid
- A suspect may have one down pat
- A witness may verify it
- Corroborator, maybe
- Suspect's excuse
- "I was at a movie theater when it happened," e.g.
- It's good when airtight
- Story on the stand
- Interrogation room account
- Ike's story?
- Cover story
- "I was at home all night," e.g.
- Defendant's dodge
- "I was elsewhere" excuse
- "I was with Mom," e.g.
- Accused's story
- Not always a likely story
- Trial story
- Perp's story
- It'll fly if it's ironclad
- Excuse to avoid blame
- Ring Lardner's "___ Ike"
- Proof of innocence, perhaps
- Crime story?
- Perp's pretext
- "___ Ike" (Ring Lardner story)
- Defendant's out
- ___ Ike (excuse maker)
- Clearing statement
- Stand out?
- "I was at a movie when the crime occurred," e.g.
- Defendant's need
- Story to verify
- Perp's excuse
- Suspect's "I was home all night," e.g.
- "I was home alone, asleep" isn't a very good one
- Literally, "elsewhere"
- A witness may verify one
- "I was at my friend's all night," e.g.
- Out on the stand
- "I was asleep," for one
- Defense mechanism
- A suspect's might be suspect
- Alleged perp's need
- Accused perp's excuse
- Alleged perp's defense
- Literally, ''in another place''
- Legal excuse
- Arrestee's excuse
- Whodunit plot line
- Suspect's explanation
- Defendant's words
- Defense mechanism?
- Whodunit plot element
- Literally, '' at another place''
- Criminal explanation
- Element of a murder mystery
- Wrongdoer's excuse
- Suspect's out
- It eliminates suspects
- One might stand up in court
- Courtroom excuse
- Suspect's defense
- ''___ Ike''
- Legal defense
- "I was away on business," e.g.
- Perp's out
- "I was out of town at the time," e.g.
- One's out
- Defense's focal point
- One might be airtight
- "I was at the movies," e.g.
- Excuse in court
- Exculpatory evidence
- Defense of a sort
- Excuse of a sort
- Defendant's story
- Defendant's ploy
- Defendant's testimony, maybe
- "I was out of town," for one
- "I was walking the dog at the time," e.g.
- "Airtight" story
- Perp-to-cop story
- "Perfect murder" component
- What an accused perpetrator needs
- Cover, so to speak
- It may help one get away with murder
- "___ Ike"
- Exculpatory story
- Literally, " at another place"
- Literally, "in another place"
- It may be ironclad
- It could clear you
- Out, at the police station
- Grafton's A
- Cover
- Suspect's trump card
- "I was at work all day," e.g.
- Out for a trial
- Grafton's "A"
- "The dog ate my homework," e.g.
- "I was at a movie when it happened," e.g.
- What a murder suspect needs
- Hood's excuse
- "I was stuck in traffic at the time," e.g.
- "I had to visit my sick aunt," e.g.
- Perp's cover
- Defensive line?
- Out of sorts
- Out, of sorts?
- Innocence indicator
- Suspect's claim
- Trial excuse
- Court excuse
- Court defense
- Airtight story
- "I was at home in bed," for example
- Vouch for, perhaps
- It may help one get away with 50-Down
- Trial ploy
- Excuse in a whodunit
- It may be proved in court
- Suspect's best defence
- Grafton's "A Is for ___"
- Story in a whodunit
- Cover of a kind
- It eliminates a suspect
- Defensive story
- Story
- Out at a trial
- One might not hold up in court
- Defense ploy
- One may be given to a detective
- Story including a time and place
- Seemingly good excuse
- Suspect's "I was home asleep," e.g.
- Proof of innocence, maybe
- Suspect's concern
- Mystery excuse
- It's best when it's airtight
- Tall story, often
- It's best when airtight
- Proof of one's where abouts
- It may be heard at a hearing
- Subject of corroboration
- "I was home watching TV," e.g.
- Defense
- "I was home all night," for one
- Late show feature
- "I couldn't have done it because ...," e.g.
- Cover for a crime
- "Somewhere else" excuse
- Whodunit story
- It'll fly if it's airtight
- Grafton’s “A”
- Convenient story
- Legal defence
- Proof you weren't anywhere near the murder
- Criminal's cover story
- Suspect's necessity
- Cover story of a sort
- Excuse from a suspect
- Defendant's offering
- Whodunit staple
- Thing often given to a detective
- Blame-avoiding story
- What a witness may verify
- Tale told in an interrogation room
- Excuse for the police
- Out in a courtroom
- End of the first Millhone novel title
- It could be a strong defense
- Perp's cover story
- Suspected perp's story
- Thing given to the police
- It can keep you out of jail
- Crime-story story
- "I was with my girlfriend all night," say
- "I was home alone" isn't a very strong one
- Out at the station
- Evidence of innocence, sometimes
- Accused one's defense
- It can keep one from going to jail
- Jail-avoiding cover
- Accused one's need
- "I was out of town," e.g.
- Legal defense mechanism?
- "I was at the movies - nowhere near the crime," e.g.
- It could be ironclad
- Whodunit element
- Suspect's way out
- "I was home alone," perhaps
- One may be cast-iron
- Whodunit story?
- It's just an excuse
- Whodunit excuse
- Reason for innocence
- Courtroom clearer, perhaps
- Out in court
- Accused's defense
- Story, sometimes
- What "A" is for, in Sue Grafton's mystery series
- Accused's explanation
- "I was with my mistress at the time," maybe
- Whodunit statement
- Often-questionable account
- "Her ___" (Selleck film)
- Courtroom defense
- "I was at work then," e.g.
- Accused's line a judge might not believe
- Suspect-clearing story
- Whodunit factor
- Account to question
- "I was out of town then," e.g.
- Mason's concern
- Accused's out
- Crook's cover
- Excuse that might be "ironclad"
- Suspect's proof of innocence
- Trying out?
- Defense concern
- Excuse heard in court
- Story on a stand
- "It wasn't me!" support
- Out, of sorts
- Story that lets you off the hook
- "I couldn't have done that" excuse
- "Couldn't have been me" rationale
- Courtroom claim
- Story in a crime story
- Story that one generally sticks to, whether it's true or not
- Story of why you really couldn't have done it
- The best one is airtight
- Interrogation story
- Excuse of the accused
- "Get out of jail" story
- Couldn't-have-done-it reason
- Part of a court defense
- "I was with my girlfriend all evening," e.g.
- One may be airtight
- "I was at the club that night," e.g.
- One can help you get off
- Formal excuse
- "I was home alone all night," e.g.
- "It was my evil twin!" is not a convincing one
- Excuse from the Latin for "elsewhere"
- "Wasn't me ... I was out of town," e.g.
- "I was somewhere else" excuse
- "Couldn't have been me" story
- Criminal defense
- It may be fictional
- It may check out
- A criminal's may be unbelievable
- Excuse in a mystery novel
- Exonerating excuse
- "I was somewhere else" statement
- Defendant's defense
- Cover, of a sort
- Suspect's "out"
- "I couldn't have done it! I was out bowling!" e.g.
- Excuse that might be airtight
- Claim made stronger by a witness
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - September 19, 2024
- New York Times - September 11, 2024
- New York Times - July 01, 2024
- USA Today - June 12, 2024
- USA Today - March 25, 2024
- LA Times - February 26, 2024
- LA Times - January 16, 2024
- LA Times - November 21, 2023
- LA Times - October 27, 2023
- USA Today - October 11, 2023
- USA Today - July 31, 2023
- USA Today - July 12, 2023
- New York Times - May 10, 2023
- New York Times - March 27, 2023
- New York Times - March 26, 2023
- New York Times - March 22, 2023
- New York Times - February 24, 2023
- USA Today - January 17, 2023
- USA Today - January 04, 2023
- LA Times - November 01, 2022
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