Possible Questions:
- Way out
- Cover
- Out
- Story
- Excuse
- Suspect's story
- Slip cover?
- Pretext
- Suspect's excuse
- Cover story?
- Justification
- Cover story
- Whodunit plot element
- Court defense
- "The dog ate my homework," e.g.
- It may be airtight
- Suspect's out
- Suspect's defense
- Suspect's need
- Lawyer's concern
- Defense mechanism
- Defendant's story
- Accused's need
- One might stand up in court
- Whodunit feature
- Something to fall back on?
- Perp's out
- Legal plea
- Legal defense
- Excuse of a sort
- Suspect's explanation
- Suspect's claim
- Legal excuse
- Defendant's defense
- Cover of a kind
- Way out?
- Out of sorts?
- Lardner's "___ Ike"
- It might be airtight
- It eliminates suspects
- It eliminates a suspect
- Defense
- Court excuse
- Accused's excuse
- What an accused perpetrator needs
- Well-known Ike
- Suspect eliminator
- Proof of innocence, perhaps
- Out, of sorts?
- Defense mechanism?
- Defendant's out
- Defendant's excuse
- A suspect's might be suspect
- "Perfect murder" component
- "I was away on business," e.g.
- "I was at work all day," e.g.
- "I was at the movies," e.g.
- "I was at my friend's all night," e.g.
- "I was at home sleeping at the time," e.g.
- "I ran out of gas," e.g.
- "I had to visit my sick aunt," e.g.
- Tall story, often
- Suspect's trump card
- Suspect's salvation?
- Suspect's concern
- Suspect's "out"
- Subject of corroboration
- Seemingly good excuse
- Pretext, possibly
- Perp's story
- Perp's excuse
- Perp's cover
- Perp-to-cop story
- Part of a defense
- Out lines?
- Out for the accused
- Out at a trial
- One's out
- One might not hold up in court
- One might be airtight
- Make excuses
- Literally, "elsewhere"
- It could be a strong defense
- Innocence indicator
- Hood's excuse
- Grafton's A
- Excuse in court
- Excuse in a whodunit
- Excuse at court
- Exculpatory story
- Exculpatory evidence
- Defensive story
- Defense's focal point
- Defense ploy
- Defendant's words
- Defendant's dodge
- Criminal excuse
- Crime story?
- Courtroom excuse
- Airtight story
- "I was walking the dog at the time," e.g.
- "I was out of town at the time," e.g.
- "Airtight" story
- ''I was out of town at the time,'' e.g.
- ___ Ike
- Wrongdoer's excuse
- Word meaning "elsewhere"
- Whodunit plot line
- What a murder suspect needs
- Voucher?
- Vouch for, perhaps
- Trial ploy
- Trial excuse
- This is sometimes ironclad
- Thin Lizzy "Waiting for an ___"
- Suspect's best defence
- Suspect's "I was home asleep," e.g.
- Suspect's "I was home all night," e.g.
- Story to verify
- Story of a kind
- Story including a time and place
- Story in a whodunit
- Stand out?
- Saving yarn?
- Ring Lardner's "___ Ike"
- Proof of one's where abouts
- Proof of innocence, maybe
- Pretext, perhaps
- Possible proof of innocence
- Point in a suspect's favor
- Point in a defendant's favor
- Plausible excuse
- Perp's pretext
- Out, at the police station
- Out on the stand
- Out for a trial
- One may be given to a detective
- Mystery-story ingredient
- Mason's concern
- Literally, ''in another place''
- Literally, '' at another place''
- Likely story?
- Lardner's ___ Ike
- It's good when airtight
- It's best when it's airtight
- It's best when airtight
- It'll fly if it's ironclad
- It should be airtight
- It means "elsewhere" in Latin
- It may help one get away with murder
- It may be heard at a hearing
- It could clear you
- Ironclad defense, usually
- Interrogation room account
- Ike's specialty
- Ike's first name?
- Grafton's "A"
- Grafton's "A Is for ___"
- Exonerating excuse
- Excuse to avoid blame
- Evidence for the defense
- Epithet for Ike
- Elsewhere: Lat.
- Elsewhere plea
- Element of a murder mystery
- Defensive line?
- Defense, perhaps
- Defense witness, perhaps
- Defense of a sort
- Defense establishment?
- Defense at court
- Defense aid
- Defendant's testimony, maybe
- Defendant's ploy
- Defendant's need
- Defendant's mainstay
- Defendant's defense, sometimes
- Defendant's best hope
- Defence
- Culprit's standby
- Criminal's concern
- Criminal explanation
- Cover, so to speak
- Courtroom voucher?
- Courtroom story
- Court story
- Corroborator, maybe
- Convenient story
- Clearing statement
- Certain testimony
- Best defense, in some cases
- At another place: Lat.
- Arrestee's excuse
- Alleged perp's need
- Alleged perp's defense
- Accused's story
- Accused perp's excuse
- A witness may verify one
- A witness may verify it
- A defense at court
- "Slip cover"
- "I wasn't there"
- "I wasn't there," e.g.
- "I was volunteering at the orphanage at the time of the murder," e.g.
- "I was stuck in traffic at the time," e.g.
- "I was sleeping at the time," e.g.
- "I was out of town," for one
- "I was out of town at the time of the murder," e.g.
- "I was nowhere near Oakland," e.g.
- "I was home watching TV," e.g.
- "I was home alone, asleep" isn't a very good one
- "I was home all night," for one
- "I was elsewhere" excuse
- "I was at the movies at the time," e.g.
- "I was at my girlfriend's," e.g.
- "I was at home washing my dog," e.g.
- "I was at home in bed," for example
- "I was at a movie when the crime occurred," e.g.
- "I was at a movie when it happened," e.g.
- "I was at a movie theater when it happened," e.g.
- "I was asleep," for one
- "I couldn't have done it because ...," e.g.
- "Her ___," Selleck film
- "___ Ike": Lardner
- "___ Ike" (Ring Lardner story)
- ''___ Ike''
- ____ Ike
- ___ Ike (excuse maker)
- ___ Ike (buck-passer)