Related Clues:

• Said 'Not guilty!,' e.g.
• Petitioned
• Stated with conviction
• Begged earnestly
• Stated firmly, declared.
• Represented the accused in a lawsuit
• Protected from attack
• Made firm statement about a dessert
• Protected or supported against attack
• Confidently declared to be so
• Claimed that it's an asset ti get red
• Fed up with having finished without an attack
• Agreed to have a perfumed sound
• Claimed to be one of 26 down, 'er Edward
• One might have claimed that such an asset could get one in the red (8)