Related Clues:

• Defendant's dodge
• Exculpatory story
• Cover story
• Literally, 'elsewhere'
• Suspect's out
• It may be airtight
• Defense of a sort
• Grafton's A
• Let off the hook
• "I was at the movies," e.g.
• Pretext
• Suspect's explanation
• One might stand up in court
• Suspect eliminator
• Explanation