Related Clues:

• Arraignment statement
• Cauterise
• Prepare, as tuna steaks
• "Don't hurt me!" for one
• Bargaining focus
• Aqua
• Michael Portillo's entertaining ex post facto excuse
• "Guilty," e.g
• 'SOS!,' e.g
• Between Ireland and Wales, rebel leader gets to seal the surface
• "Have mercy on me," e.g
• Court claim
• Scorch, in cooking
• Burn, as in branding
• Guilty, e.g