| Courtroom excuse |
| Belt-maker's tool |
| Winemaker's sediment |
| Breadmaker's ingredient |
| Excuse |
| Start of a tot's refrain |
| Accused perp's excuse |
| Start of tot's refrain |
| Pasta-maker's wheat |
| Defendant's excuse |
| Rude response to "Excuse me? |
| Alpine refrain: Var. |
| Horror filmmaker's staple |
| Yule refrain |
| Santa's seasonal refrain |
| Excuse maker's refrain |
| Shoemaker's dessert? |
| Matchmaker's workplace? |
| Like some excuses |
| Agrarian refrain |
| Accepts, as an excuse |
| Refrain strains |
| Barnyard refrain |
| Beauty is ___ own excuse for being |
| Musical refrain syllables |
| Cause for an "Excuse me! |
| Arrestee's excuse |
| Nonsensical refrain |
| Unsatisfactory, as excuses |
| Santa's refrain |