| Criminal's creation | 23 |
| Criminal-card notation | 22 |
| Con's cover, of a sort | 26 |
| Calif. Yo La Tengo label | 24 |
| Bit of checkpoint deception | 27 |
| Ann Landers or Mark Twain | 25 |
| A thief might take one | 22 |
| A spy might work under one | 26 |
| A criminal may have one | 23 |
| A criminal may go by it | 23 |
| ___ dictus (otherwise called) | 29 |
| Wanted-poster listings | 22 |
| Jones and Smith, maybe | 22 |
| Ellery Queen and others | 23 |
| What con men may assume | 23 |
| Things assumed to be false? | 27 |
| Smith and Jones, often | 22 |
| Smith and Jones, maybe | 22 |
| Scam artist's array | 23 |
| Names on falsified papers | 25 |
| Names on fake IDs, perhaps | 26 |
| Names like Billy the Kid | 24 |
| Names after "AKA" | 27 |
| Monikers for ones on the run | 28 |
| Likely names for fugitives | 26 |
| Jones/Smith, sometimes | 22 |
| John Smith, John Doe, etc. | 26 |
| George Eliot and George Sand | 28 |
| Fugitives may have a few | 24 |
| Forwarding e-mail addresses | 27 |
| False "handles" | 25 |
| Criminals usually have a few | 28 |
| Con men often use them | 22 |
| Ayn Rand and Anne Rice, e.g. | 28 |
| Fictional password user | 23 |
| "Open sesame" sayer | 29 |
| Man associated with thieves | 27 |
| Poor woodcutter of story | 24 |
| Poor woodcutter of folklore | 27 |
| One who stole from thieves | 26 |
| Woodcutter in folklore | 22 |
| Thieves' adversary | 22 |
| Richard Burton subject | 22 |
| Opening words deliverer | 23 |
| Nemesis of certain thieves | 26 |
| Morgiana's storied master | 29 |
| Morgiana's father-in-law | 28 |
| Legendary password user | 23 |
| Legendary Arabian hero | 22 |
| He hung around with thieves | 27 |
| Forty thieves' adversary | 28 |
| Fictional Arabic woodcutter | 27 |
| Eavesdropper on thieves | 23 |
| Deliverer of opening words? | 27 |
| Arabian Nights character | 24 |
| 'Open Sesame' sayer | 27 |
| One might stand up in court | 27 |
| Something to fall back on? | 26 |
| Suspect's explanation | 25 |
| Defendant's defense | 23 |
| It eliminates suspects | 22 |
| It eliminates a suspect | 23 |
| Proof of innocence, perhaps | 27 |
| Defendant's excuse | 22 |
| Suspect's trump card | 24 |
| Suspect's salvation? | 24 |
| Suspect's "out" | 29 |
| Subject of corroboration | 24 |
| It could be a strong defense | 28 |
| Defense's focal point | 25 |
| "Airtight" story | 26 |
| Wrongdoer's excuse | 22 |
| What a murder suspect needs | 27 |
| This is sometimes ironclad | 26 |
| Suspect's best defence | 26 |
| Proof of innocence, maybe | 25 |
| Possible proof of innocence | 27 |
| Out, at the police station | 26 |
| Mystery-story ingredient | 24 |
| It's good when airtight | 27 |
| It's best when airtight | 27 |
| It may be heard at a hearing | 28 |
| Ironclad defense, usually | 25 |
| Interrogation room account | 26 |
| Grafton's "A" | 27 |
| Evidence for the defense | 24 |
| Element of a murder mystery | 27 |
| Defense witness, perhaps | 24 |
| Defense establishment? | 22 |
| Defendant's mainstay | 24 |
| Defendant's best hope | 25 |
| Criminal's concern | 22 |
| Best defense, in some cases | 27 |
| At another place: Lat. | 22 |
| Alleged perp's need | 23 |
| Alleged perp's defense | 26 |
| Accused perp's excuse | 25 |
| A witness may verify one | 24 |
| A witness may verify it | 23 |
| "Slip cover" | 22 |