Possible Clues:

• The first person set free, having climbed fencing
• Equivocal answer
• Act of avoidance or escape
• Political tactic
• Deceptive action, but backfiring before one working
• So naive, silly excuse you try to get away with
• Debater's ploy
• Act of avoiding
• Keep back one as a result of prevaricating excuse
• Tax crime