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