Related Clues:

• Court evidence one was elsewhere
• A party I attended, though claim to have been elsewhere
• Sort of explanation? A slick one's no good
• It shows one wasn't at crime scene
• Excuse for starting a long, interesting book immediately
• A party innocent, primarily - as has this?
• Evidence one was elsewhere at time of crime
• Claim put to court, one in French town
• A member of party, I provide an excuse
• Courtroom evidence
• Excuse for Tami Hoag's man . . .
• One type of evidence
• Evidence one was not present
• A claim Brit made, oddly enough, that gets him off the hook?
• One's stuck in French town — that should prove one's innocence