| Courtroom excuse |
| Split partially |
| Partially obscured (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| Excuse |
| Accused perp's excuse |
| Defendant's excuse |
| Rude response to "Excuse me? |
| Modern-day business model offering partial complimentary goods |
| Excuse maker's refrain |
| Sea that's partially in Karakalpak Autonomous Republic |
| Like some excuses |
| Accepts, as an excuse |
| Partially burned pipe tobacco |
| Beauty is ___ own excuse for being |
| Partially open |
| Cause for an "Excuse me! |
| Comet partially discovered by the guy who wrote about Quasimodo? |
| Arrestee's excuse |
| Unsatisfactory, as excuses |
| Impartial judicial proceeding |
| Furnished an excuse |
| Age-old excuse |
| 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 |
| Partially burned. |
| Kind of duck or excuse |
| Feeble excuses |
| Excuse that may raise suspicion |