The Clue
___ Ike (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ALIBI
Tags
Notes
The answer ALIBI is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
Related Clues
Excuse
Out
Accused's excuse
Accused's need
Court defense
Court story
Cover story
Defendant's defense
Defendant's out
Elsewhere: Lat.
Epithet for Ike
Excuse of a sort
Excuse in a whodunit
Lardner's "___ Ike"
Legal excuse
Slip cover?
Suspect's defense
Suspect's excuse
Suspect's need
Suspect's story
Way out
Cover, so to speak
Mystery-story ingredient
Point in a defendant's favor
Something to fall back on?
This is sometimes ironclad
Well-known Ike
Word meaning "elsewhere"
It may be airtight
It might let a person off
It's best when it's airtight
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