Related Clues:

• Whodunit plot line
• Common defense
• Cover, in a way
• Defendant's words
• "I was home alone, asleep" isn't a very good one
• Court story
• 'I was sleeping at the time,' e.g.
• Literally, "elsewhere"
• ''I was out of town at the time,'' e.g.
• 'I was at a movie theater when it happened,' e.g.
• One's out
• A witness may verify one
• "I was at my friend's all night," e.g.
• 'I was volunteering at the orphanage at the time of the murder,' e.g.
• Criminal explanation