- ALIBI
- Reason for getting off?
- Acquittal ploy
- Cover story?
- Excuse
- Make excuses for
- Suspect's excuse
- The dog ate my homework?, e.g. atc 2002 ALIBI Cover story? atc 2002 ALIBI Cover story? atc 2002 ALIBI Ike's first name? atc 2002 ALIBIS Cover-ups atc 2002 ALICE Ghostley or Cooper atc 2002 ALICE Rocker Cooper atc 2002 ALICE TV diner employee atc 2002 ALICIA Ana of soaps atc 2002 ALID Put ___ on it!"
- Her ___ (1988 Selleck / Porizkova movie)
- Defense aid
- Handy excuse
- Legal claim
- Ike's first name?
- Legal term from the Latin for "elsewhere"
- Story that might help you get off
- Story to stick to
- A lawyer may try to poke holes in it
- Story about being somewhere else
- Exonerating story
- It may be airtight
- I was nowhere near Oakland, e.g.
- Out lines?
- Court explanation
- Suspect's defense
- Innocence evidence
- Courtroom offering
- Out
- Out in court
- Out for the accused
- Proof of innocence
- Accusation beater
- Defendant's story
- Out of sorts?
- Court defense
- Perp's cover
- Legal defense
- Proof of innocence, perhaps
- Suspect's need
- Easy out?
- ___ Ike (excuse-making Ring Lardner character)
- Perfect murder component
- Possible proof of innocence
- It means "elsewhere" in Latin
- The dog ate my homework, e.g.
- Element of a murder mystery
- It may help one get away with murder
- I was elsewhere excuse
- One might stand up in court
- I was at home all night, e.g.
- Ike's story?
- Interrogation room account
- Story on the stand
- Suspect's story
- I was with Mom, e.g.
- Accused's story
- Defendant's dodge
- Not always a likely story
- Perp's story
- Trial story
- Defendant's excuse
- Excuse to avoid blame
- It'll fly if it's ironclad
- Perp's pretext
- Ring Lardner's "___ Ike"
- Crime story?
- ___ Ike (Ring Lardner story)
- It might be airtight
- I was at a movie when the crime occurred, e.g.
- I was out of town, for one
- A witness may verify it
- Defendant's ploy
- I was at work all day, e.g.
- It may be ironclad
- I was at home in bed, for example
- Court excuse
- Trial ploy
- Exculpatory evidence
- One might not hold up in court
- Courtroom excuse
- Defendant's out
- Defensive line?
- Exonerating excuse
- It'll fly if it's airtight
- I was at my mom's house at the time, for example
- Latin for "elsewhere"
- A, to Sue Grafton
- Out of court?
- Cop-out
- I wasn't there, e.g.
- The dog ate my homework
- Accused's excuse
- Defendant's explanation
- Latecomer's excuse
- Make excuses
- Accused's defense
- Defensive tale
- I was asleep, for one
- Alleged perp's story
- Defensive story
- It may be corroborated
- Court story
- Story of a sort
- Airtight story, maybe
- Alleged perp's defense
- A suspect's might be suspect
- Accused perp's excuse
- Alleged perp's need
- Defense mechanism
- Out on the stand
- I was at my friend's all night, e.g.
- I was home alone, asleep isn't a very good one
- A witness may verify one
- Literally, "elsewhere"
- Defendant's need
- Perp's excuse
- Story to verify
- Suspect's "I was home all night," e.g.
- I had to visit my sick aunt, e.g.
- Grafton's "A"
- Perp-to-cop story
- Cover of a kind
- One may be given to a detective
- Story
- Story including a time and place
- Suspect's "I was home asleep," e.g.
- Cover for a crime
- Subject of corroboration
- Tall story, often
- I was with my girlfriend all night, say
- Out at the station
- Suspected perp's story
- I was home alone, perhaps
- I was out of town, e.g.
- What "A" is for, in Sue Grafton's mystery series
- Crook's cover
- Defense concern
- Story on a stand
- Excuse in court
- One can help you get off
- The best one is airtight
- Accused's "I was somewhere else" story
- Criminal defense
- I was somewhere else statement
- It may be fictional
- It may check out
- Suspect's out
- Legal excuse
- Suspect's explanation
- Defense ploy
- Literally, "in another place"
- Exculpatory story
- Literally, " at another place"
- Whodunit plot element
- Arrestee's excuse
- Whodunit plot line
- Accused's out
- Courtroom defense
- Defendant's words
- Airtight story
- Story in a whodunit
- Vouch for, perhaps
- Out at a trial
- Blame-avoiding explanation
- Blame-avoiding story
- Cover story of a sort
- Excuse from a suspect
- Whodunit staple
- Whodunit story
- Crime-story story
- End of the first Millhone novel title
- Out in a courtroom
- Accused's explanation
- Courtroom clearer, perhaps
- Whodunit element
- Whodunit excuse
- Whodunit statement
- Courtroom claim
- Excuse that might be "ironclad"
- Story in a crime story
- Suspect's proof of innocence
- Trying out?
- Interrogation story
- Crime story statement
- Rap-beating story
- Something checked in a case
- Suspect's cover story
- Suspect's story of innocence
- Word from the Latin for "elsewhere"
- Crime suspect's excuse
- Perp's out
- ___ Ike (excuse maker)
- Clearing statement
- Stand out?
- Elsewhere, in Latin
- Legal plea.
- Elsewhere: Latin.
- Plausible excuse.
- Excuse of being elsewhere.
- Good excuse.
- In another place: Lat.
- Elsewhere: Lat.
- Et ___ (and elsewhere): Lat.
- See 53 Across.
- A popular defense in court.
- Any excuse: Colloq.
- Excuse: Colloq.
- Form of legal defense.
- Suspect's necessity.
- Et ___ (and elsewhere).
- I wasn't there, for example.
- Excuse, informally.
- Courtroom story
- Culprit's standby
- Story of a kind
- I wasn't there
- Elsewhere plea
- Defendant's defense
- ___ Ike
- Ike's specialty
- Lawyer's concern
- Pretext
- Slip cover
- Whodunit feature
- Well-known Ike
- Mystery-story ingredient
- Point in a suspect's favor
- Word meaning "elsewhere"
- At another place: Lat.
- Excuse at court
- Point in a defendant's favor
- Pretext, perhaps
- ___ Ike (buck-passer)
- A defense at court
- Evidence for the defense
- Excuse of a sort
- Pretext, possibly
- ___ Ike: Lardner
- Certain testimony
- Criminal's concern
- Excuse in a whodunit
- Seemingly good excuse
- Defendant's defense, sometimes
- This is sometimes ironclad
- Her ___, Selleck film
- Lardner's ___ Ike
- Mason's concern
- Ironclad defense, usually
- Defendant's mainstay
- Epithet for Ike
- Suspect eliminator
- Defense at court
- Convenient story
- Something to fall back on?
- I was at my girlfriend's, e.g.
- Defense witness, perhaps
- Way out?
- It might let a person off
- Story, sometimes
- I ran out of gas, e.g.
- Accused's need
- I was out of town at the time of the murder, e.g.
- Saving yarn?
- Corroborator, maybe
- I was at a movie theater when it happened, e.g.
- It's good when airtight
- Defendant's testimony, maybe
- Cover
- Cover, so to speak
- Out for a trial
- What a murder suspect needs
- What an accused perpetrator needs
- I couldn't have done it because ..., e.g.
- I was home watching TV, e.g.
- It's best when it's airtight
- Proof you weren't anywhere near the murder
- I was at the movies - nowhere near the crime, e.g.
- I was with my mistress at the time, maybe
- It's just an excuse
- Often-questionable account
- One may be cast-iron
- Accused's line a judge might not believe
- Story that lets you off the hook
- Get out of jail story
- I was with my girlfriend all evening, e.g.
- Story of why you really couldn't have done it
- Story that one generally sticks to, whether it's true or not
- It was my evil twin! is not a convincing one
- A criminal's may be unbelievable
- Cover, of a sort
- Detective story?
- Excuse that might be airtight
- Out, at the police station
- Defense establishment?
- Trial excuse
- Thin Lizzy "Waiting for an ___"
- Airtight David Gray song?
- Excuse of a David Gray song?
- Ramones "You know I need no ___"
- Word in many "Law & Order" scripts
- Where an innocent man was
- Defense, sometimes
- Story checked by detectives
- Story told on the witness stand
- What a defense witness may provide
- I was at the movies at the time, e.g.
- I was stuck in traffic at the time, e.g.
- Excuse, on the stand
- I was away on business, e.g.
- I was out of town at the time, e.g.
- Best defense, in some cases
- I was at home sleeping at the time, e.g.
- Defense, perhaps
- Formal excuse
- Criminal excuse
- Likely story?
- A defendant might have one
- Excuse in a mystery novel
- Excuse that might be described as airtight or ironclad
- It eliminates suspects
- It could be a strong defense
- Criminal explanation
- Wrongdoer's excuse
- It eliminates a suspect
- I was at a movie when it happened, e.g.
- Somewhere else excuse
- It can keep you out of jail
- Perp's cover story
- Thing given to the police
- Accused one's defense
- Evidence of innocence, sometimes
- It can keep one from going to jail
- It could be ironclad
- Jail-avoiding cover
- Suspect's way out
- I was at work then, e.g.
- I was out of town then, e.g.
- Account to question
- Couldn't have been me rationale
- I couldn't have done that excuse
- It wasn't me! support
- I was at the club that night, e.g.
- Excuse of the accused
- Part of a court defense
- I was solving a crossword when it happened, e.g.
- Out in a court?
- Story in court
- Defendant's best hope
- Voucher?
- Ike's excuse
- ____ Ike
- Reason for acquittal
- Not guilty plea excuse
- Centerpiece of the defense
- Whereabouts, often
- I was at the movies, e.g.
- Courtroom word
- Defense of a sort
- Sob story
- Defense's focal point
- One might be airtight
- One's out
- I was walking the dog at the time, e.g.
- Hood's excuse
- Suspect's trump card
- It may help one get away with 50-Down
- I was home all night, for one
- It may be heard at a hearing
- It's best when airtight
- Thing often given to a detective
- What a witness may verify
- Suspect-clearing story
- Excuse heard in court
- Couldn't-have-done-it reason
- One may be airtight
- ___ defense (courtroom strategy)
- Couldn't have been me story
- I was home alone all night, e.g.
- I was somewhere else excuse
- Wasn't me . . . I was out of town, e.g.
- Excuse from the Latin for "elsewhere"
- Proof you didn't commit a crime
- Common defense
- Evidence of innocence
- Accused's words
- DNA results, maybe
- With 93 Down, Lardner story
- Grafton's "A" is for it
- Courtroom voucher?
- Part of a defense
- Claim of innocence
- Excuse heard at trial
- I was at home washing my dog, e.g.
- It could clear you
- It literally means "elsewhere"
- It might be unshakable
- Tale told in an interrogation room
- Hearing aid?
- Murder mystery story
- Part of a defendant's case, often
- I was out of the country, e.g.
- Claim while cuffed
- A defendant's might be unshakable
- Arrestee's defense
- Defense strategy
- It may clear a suspect
- Innocence indicator, perhaps
- Way out, of a sort
- Evidence for acquittal
- Plea of the accused
- It's better when corroborated
- Part of a defense, sometimes
- I was out of town that night, e.g.