Clues for the word "ALIBI"
We've had 400 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 931 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on February 17, 2025.
Definition of alibi
- n. - The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.
Referring Clues
- Suspect's need
- Excuse
- "I ran out of gas," e.g.
- Way out
- Accused's need
- Accused's excuse
- Out
- Defendant's excuse
- "I was out of town at the time of the murder," e.g.
- Cover story?
- Court story
- Out of sorts?
- Suspect's story
- It might be airtight
- It may be airtight
- Suspect eliminator
- Saving yarn?
- Defense aid
- A suspect may have one down pat
- A witness may verify it
- Corroborator, maybe
- Suspect's excuse
- "I was at a movie theater when it happened," e.g.
- It's good when airtight
- Story on the stand
- Interrogation room account
- Ike's story?
- Cover story
- "I was at home all night," e.g.
- Defendant's dodge
- "I was elsewhere" excuse
- "I was with Mom," e.g.
- Accused's story
- Not always a likely story
- Trial story
- Perp's story
- It'll fly if it's ironclad
- Excuse to avoid blame
- Ring Lardner's "___ Ike"
- Proof of innocence, perhaps
- Crime story?
- Perp's pretext
- "___ Ike" (Ring Lardner story)
- Defendant's out
- ___ Ike (excuse maker)
- Clearing statement
- Stand out?
- "I was at a movie when the crime occurred," e.g.
- Defendant's need
- Story to verify
- Perp's excuse
- Suspect's "I was home all night," e.g.
- "I was home alone, asleep" isn't a very good one
- Literally, "elsewhere"
- A witness may verify one
- "I was at my friend's all night," e.g.
- Out on the stand
- "I was asleep," for one
- Defense mechanism
- A suspect's might be suspect
- Alleged perp's need
- Accused perp's excuse
- Alleged perp's defense
- Literally, "in another place"
- Legal excuse
- Arrestee's excuse
- Whodunit plot line
- Suspect's explanation
- Defendant's words
- Defense mechanism?
- Whodunit plot element
- Literally, " at another place"
- Criminal explanation
- Element of a murder mystery
- Wrongdoer's excuse
- Suspect's out
- It eliminates suspects
- One might stand up in court
- Courtroom excuse
- Suspect's defense
- "___ Ike"
- Legal defense
- "I was away on business," e.g.
- Perp's out
- "I was out of town at the time," e.g.
- One's out
- Defense's focal point
- One might be airtight
- "I was at the movies," e.g.
- Excuse in court
- Exculpatory evidence
- Defense of a sort
- Excuse of a sort
- Defendant's story
- Defendant's ploy
- Defendant's testimony, maybe
- "I was out of town," for one
- "I was walking the dog at the time," e.g.
- "Airtight" story
- Perp-to-cop story
- "Perfect murder" component
- What an accused perpetrator needs
- Cover, so to speak
- It may help one get away with murder
- "___ Ike"
- Exculpatory story
- Literally, " at another place"
- Literally, "in another place"
- It may be ironclad
- It could clear you
- Out, at the police station
- Grafton's A
- Cover
- Suspect's trump card
- "I was at work all day," e.g.
- Out for a trial
- Grafton's "A"
- "The dog ate my homework," e.g.
- "I was at a movie when it happened," e.g.
- What a murder suspect needs
- Hood's excuse
- "I was stuck in traffic at the time," e.g.
- "I had to visit my sick aunt," e.g.
- Perp's cover
- Defensive line?
- Out of sorts
- Out, of sorts?
- Innocence indicator
- Suspect's claim
- Trial excuse
- Court excuse
- Court defense
- Airtight story
- "I was at home in bed," for example
- Vouch for, perhaps
- It may help one get away with 50-Down
- Trial ploy
- Excuse in a whodunit
- It may be proved in court
- Suspect's best defence
- Grafton's "A Is for ___"
- Story in a whodunit
- Cover of a kind
- It eliminates a suspect
- Defensive story
- Story
- Out at a trial
- One might not hold up in court
- Defense ploy
- One may be given to a detective
- Story including a time and place
- Seemingly good excuse
- Suspect's "I was home asleep," e.g.
- Proof of innocence, maybe
- Suspect's concern
- Mystery excuse
- It's best when it's airtight
- Tall story, often
- It's best when airtight
- Proof of one's where abouts
- It may be heard at a hearing
- Subject of corroboration
- "I was home watching TV," e.g.
- Defense
- "I was home all night," for one
- Late show feature
- "I couldn't have done it because ...," e.g.
- Cover for a crime
- "Somewhere else" excuse
- Whodunit story
- It'll fly if it's airtight
- Grafton's "A"
- Convenient story
- Legal defence
- Proof you weren't anywhere near the murder
- Criminal's cover story
- Suspect's necessity
- Cover story of a sort
- Excuse from a suspect
- Defendant's offering
- Whodunit staple
- Thing often given to a detective
- Blame-avoiding story
- What a witness may verify
- Tale told in an interrogation room
- Excuse for the police
- Out in a courtroom
- End of the first Millhone novel title
- It could be a strong defense
- Perp's cover story
- Suspected perp's story
- Thing given to the police
- It can keep you out of jail
- Crime-story story
- "I was with my girlfriend all night," say
- "I was home alone" isn't a very strong one
- Out at the station
- Evidence of innocence, sometimes
- Accused one's defense
- It can keep one from going to jail
- Jail-avoiding cover
- Accused one's need
- "I was out of town," e.g.
- Legal defense mechanism?
- "I was at the movies - nowhere near the crime," e.g.
- It could be ironclad
- Whodunit element
- Suspect's way out
- "I was home alone," perhaps
- One may be cast-iron
- Whodunit story?
- It's just an excuse
- Whodunit excuse
- Reason for innocence
- Courtroom clearer, perhaps
- Out in court
- Accused's defense
- Story, sometimes
- What "A" is for, in Sue Grafton's mystery series
- Accused's explanation
- "I was with my mistress at the time," maybe
- Whodunit statement
- Often-questionable account
- "Her ___" (Selleck film)
- Courtroom defense
- Ike's excuse?
- Evidence of innocence
- Legal get-out
- Common defense
- Arranging bail, one has a legal defence
- Accused's defence
- Defence plea
- Criminal excuse
- "I was asleep at the time," e.g.
- Thin Lizzy "Waiting for an ___"
- Excuse of a David Gray song?
- Airtight David Gray song?
- Ramones "You know I need no ___"
- "This Is War" 30 Seconds to Mars song for a cover story?
- Trapt song for the accused?
- Thin Lizzy was "Waiting for" one
- Excuse for not doing something
- Legal defence proving innocence
- Proof of being elsewhere
- Defence of the absent
- Primarily, accused party may need one?
- Tory-Liberal [ibid] quota for Defence
- A defence
- A proof of innocence
- Legal proof of innocence
- Defence plea of many a libidinous character?
- Perhaps Clegg gets in great excuse
- Excuse for unnatural sex act involving movement of women, perhaps
- A coalition party's current excuse for failure
- Proof of innocence
- After breaking bail, writer provides evidence refuting 8
- Excuse of being elsewhere
- Story confirming innocence
- Bail set before one delivers defence
- Proof of a convenient absence?
- It might be unshakable
- Excuse for party in capital
- Defence of being elsewhere
- Plea to hold small party in first-class accommodation
- A legal defence
- Claim that one's in French town, for example
- Proof of being somewhere else at the time
- Murder mystery story
- Defence gets one bail improperly
- Defence of California resort unbounded by Italy
- Evidence of (or excuse for) being somewhere else at the time
- Account mostly sent back in first-class defence
- A politician I must follow as an excuse
- Part of a defendant's case, often
- Claim while cuffed
- "I was at home sleeping at the time," e.g.
- Possible proof of innocence
- It means "elsewhere" in Latin
- Defendant's cover story
- Defence excuse
- Courtroom defence
- Whereabouts excuse
- Politician protected by first-class defence(5)
- Politician in first-class cover-up
- An out-of-the-way plea
- A bit of 8 first line of defence
- Defence shown by boxer with giant cut
- I bail out, saying I was somewhere else
- Arabian Nights' character loses a graduate and has one excuse
- In Bali one possibly found an excuse
- Excuse, in part, the Casanova libido
- Former heavyweight Bomber's single defence
- Reason often given to exculpate someone
- Lawyer's weapon, Latin for 'elsewhere'
- A Liberal, one called in defence
- Legal term from the Latin 'elsewhere'
- The story of "Bali" Bill
- Legal defence, plea
- Boxer has two-part defence
- One on bail made up excuse
- Fact of being elsewhere (legal)
- Excuse, defence
- Defence used by an accused person(5)
- Plea of absence
- Proof of innocence given by setter during arrangement of bail
- Excuse for one trailing after a Liberal
- Excuse, in law
- I bail out with an excuse
- Adult sex drive won't do as a defence
- A Liberal has one excuse
- Plea of being elsewhere
- Excuse used by criminal I birched
- Jumping bail? I must give a reason
- Bail broken? One makes an excuse
- One in white vestment I excuse
- Defence of one ending a party
- Cover story?
- "I was at work then," e.g.
- Out of sorts?
- "I was visiting my cousin at the time," for example
- Accused's line a judge might not believe
- Former boxing champ with book - one providing defence
- Witness's testimony about how a defendant couldn't have committed the crime
- Story used for a legal defense
- Defensive line?
- Location-based legal defence
- Suspect-clearing story
- Account to question
- Suspect's defence
- "I was out of town then," e.g.
- Accused's out
- Crook's cover
- Before I arranged bail, this might serve as an excuse
- Defense strategy
- Arrestee's defense
- Excuse that might be "ironclad"
- Excuse of any kind
- Clearing device?
- A defendant's might be unshakable
- Suspect's proof of innocence
- Trying out?
- Defense concern
- Excuse heard in court
- Story on a stand
- "It wasn't me!" support
- Crime story?
- Story that lets you off the hook
- "I couldn't have done that" excuse
- Proof of location
- Suspect’s defense
- "Couldn't have been me" rationale
- Courtroom claim
- Story in a crime story
- Story that one generally sticks to, whether it's true or not
- Story of why you really couldn't have done it
- Suspect’s story
- Interrogation story
- Excuse of the accused
- Innocence indicator, perhaps
- "Get out of jail" story
- Couldn't-have-done-it reason
- Part of a court defense
- Way out, of a sort
- ___ defense (courtroom strategy)
- "I was with my girlfriend all evening," e.g.
- One may be airtight
- "I was at the club that night," e.g.
- Defendant's trump card
- One can help you get off
- Formal excuse
- Proof of absence
- "I was home alone all night," e.g.
- "It was my evil twin!" is not a convincing one
- Proof you didn't commit a crime
- Excuse from the Latin for "elsewhere"
- Ike's excuse?
- "Wasn't me ... I was out of town," e.g.
- "I was somewhere else" excuse
- "Couldn't have been me" story
- Criminal defense
- Excuse that might be described as airtight or ironclad
- Crook's excuse
- It may be fictional
- It may check out
- A criminal's may be unbelievable
- Excuse in a mystery novel
- A defendant might have one
- Exonerating excuse
- "It wasn't me! I was at the library," e.g.
- "I was somewhere else" statement
- Defendant's defense
- Cover, of a sort
- "I couldn't have done it! I was out bowling!" e.g.
- Defense mechanism?
- Suspect's cover story
- Out, for an arrestee
- Excuse that might be airtight
- Claim made stronger by a witness
- Cover, in a way
- "They were with me all day," e.g.
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - February 17, 2025
- LA Times - February 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 08, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 05, 2025
- LA Times - January 31, 2025
- LA Times - January 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 18, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 15, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 13, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 02, 2025
- LA Times - December 29, 2024
- USA Today - December 28, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 29, 2024
- Daily American - November 25, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 11, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - November 03, 2024
- Daily American - November 03, 2024
- Your Life Choices - October 26, 2024
- Daily American - October 23, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 11, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 01, 2024
- Mirror Mini - September 22, 2024
- New York Times - September 19, 2024
- New York Times - September 11, 2024
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