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.
• Story backed up by a witness, hopefully