| Courtroom excuse |
| Newspaper descriptor |
| Excuse |
| Accused perp's excuse |
| Defendant's excuse |
| Hunger Games" descriptor |
| Rude response to "Excuse me? |
| Excuse maker's refrain |
| Like some excuses |
| Accepts, as an excuse |
| Beauty is ___ own excuse for being |
| Arrestee's excuse |
| Cause for an "Excuse me! |
| Gossip mag descriptor |
| Abner Yokum's descriptor |
| Unsatisfactory, as excuses |
| Macbeth" spot descriptor |
| Descriptor for a big fish |
| Furnished an excuse |
| Age-old excuse |
| All-ages video game descriptor |
| Subtle "Excuse me . . . |
| 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 ...? |
| Unconvincing excuse, probably |
| Feeble excuses |
| Tea sampler descriptor |
| Kind of duck or excuse |
| Excuse that may raise suspicion |
| Disco dancer descriptor |