Related Clues:

• Brief denial
• ''I didn't do it!''
• Answer to the Little Red Hen
• Plea of the innocent
• Terse refusal
• Innocent's claim
• Polite turndown
• 'I'm innocent!'
• Blame-dodger's phrase
• Polite denial
• 'Don't look at me'
• Reply of innocence
• Gainsayer's words
• Phrase of denial
• Blame-dodging words