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Other crossword clues for answer "ALIBI"

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 should be airtight
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
Part of a defense, sometimes
I was out of town that night, e.g.