Defence of the absent Crossword Clue

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The most likely answer for the crossword clue Defence of the absent is ALIBI.

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We have found 1 possible answer for the crossword clue Defence of the absent.

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Clues like Defence of the absent often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as The Independent Inquisitor, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard, Sunday Mirror, The Sunday Times, among others.

5 letter answer(s) to defence of the absent

ALIBI

(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
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"
exonerate by means of an alibi

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What's the best solution for Defence of the absent?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Defence of the absent is ALIBI.

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We have found 1 possible answer for the crossword clue Defence of the absent.

Which crosswords feature clues like Defence of the absent?

Clues like Defence of the absent often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as The Independent Inquisitor, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard, Sunday Mirror, The Sunday Times, among others.

Clue	Answers
Out	14
Cover	13
Way out	8
Excuse	5
"I ran out of gas," e.g.	1
"I was at a movie theater	1
"I was out of town at the	1
A politician has one form of defence	1
A politician with one excuse for failure	1
A politician, one giving evidence in court	1
A vital urge to abandon party, making excuse	1
Accused’s defence fails if bail oddly withheld	1
Accused's excuse	1
Accused's need	1
Avoid the missing vowels round? Great resolution!	1
Backtracking, caught in fib, I laugh and say, "I was in Pizza Express in Woking at the time”	1
Bail arranged by one for the defence	1
Bail screwed on stump, possibly as form of defence	1
Bimbo regularly interrupts boxer's defence	1
Boxer once swinging both ways in defence	1
Boxer with brio occasionally providing cover story	1
Boxer, British one, finding reason not to charge?	1
Boxer, one possessing second-rate defence	1
Breaking bail - one's excuse?	1
Calf and tibia discovered to be explanation of movements	1
Claim one was elsewhere	1
Clever remark very good spread round about	1
Corroborator, maybe	1
Court story	1
Cover story	1
Cover story?	1
Cover, so to speak	1
Crosophile en ville near Toulouse? Not with this perhaps	1
Defence always leaky, it's Brighton's infirmity, first of all	1
Defence from fighter boxing in the same place	1
Defence of being elsewhere	1
Defence of Italy twice cut ball out	1
Defence starts to argue legal issue, blocking injunction	1
Defendant's excuse	1
Defendant's offering	1
Defendant's testimony, ma	1
Defense aid	1
Entering French town, I claim to have been elsewhere	1
Evidence found in Somali bin	1
Evidence of being elsewhere	1
Evidence that the accused could not have been guilty	1
Evidential statement, mostly set down, regarding certain sexual behaviour	1
Excuse a former politician invented originally	1
Excuse any ludicrous in-fighting by incompetent leaders	1
Excuse boxer breeder intended to begin with	1

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"I ran out of gas," e.g.

"I was at a movie theater

"I was out of town at the

A politician has one form of defence

A politician with one excuse for failure

A politician, one giving evidence in court