Related Clues:

• Defendant's words
• Footprint or loose thread, perhaps
• It doesn't pay
• Miss Scarlet's game
• "I was home alone, asleep" isn't a very good one
• Mystery element
• Reason for action
• Court story
• 'I was sleeping at the time,' e.g.
• Literally, "elsewhere"
• Detective's quest
• Colonel Mustard game
• Serious wrongdoing
• ''I was out of town at the time,'' e.g.
• Criminal's reason