| Courtroom excuse |
| Age-old tales |
| Excuse |
| Accused perp's excuse |
| Defendant's excuse |
| Rude response to "Excuse me? |
| Excuse maker's refrain |
| Like some excuses |
| Accepts, as an excuse |
| Beauty is ___ own excuse for being |
| Cause for an "Excuse me! |
| Arrestee's excuse |
| Unsatisfactory, as excuses |
| Age-old bug trap |
| Furnished an excuse |
| Age-old excuse |
| A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure," per Ambrose Bierce |
| Excuse me, I seem to have lost my phone number ...? |
| Subtle "Excuse me . . . |
| Unconvincing excuse, probably |
| Kind of duck or excuse |
| Feeble excuses |
| Excuse that may raise suspicion |
| Age-old romantic adage |
| Age-old stories |
| Implausible, as an excuse |
| Unconvincing, as excuses |
| 'Excuse me!' elicitor |
| Partial excuse |
| Excuse me" antecedent |