The Clue
Elsewhere: Lat. (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ALIBI
Tags
Notes
The answer ALIBI is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
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Excuse
Out
Pretext
Accused's need
Corroborator, maybe
Court defense
Court excuse
Cover story
Cover story?
Defendant's defense
Defendant's excuse
Defense at court
Epithet for Ike
Evidence for the defense
Excuse at court
Lardner's "___ Ike"
Lardner's ___ Ike
Make excuses
Out for a trial
Pretext, possibly
Slip cover?
Suspect eliminator
Suspect's defense
Suspect's "out"
Suspect's out
Suspect's story
Whodunit feature
Defendant's testimony, maybe
Ironclad defense, usually
Something to fall back on?
Well-known Ike
It's good when airtight
"I was at my girlfriend's," e.g.
It might let a person off
Definition
ALIBI as a noun:
1. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
2. (excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification) = a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
ALIBI as a verb:
1. exonerate by means of an alibi