| Outs |
| Covers |
| Excuses |
| Out lines? |
| Stand outs? |
| Out providers |
| Trial excuses |
| Cover stories |
| Legal excuses |
| Ike's excuses? |
| Outs at trials |
| Outs, in court |
| Some witnesses |
| Crime stories? |
| Suspect stories |
| Common defenses |
| Excuses at court |
| Excuses, excuses |
| Mystery stories? |
| Suspects' covers |
| Whodunit stories |
| Con man's excuses |
| Stories on stands |
| Suspect's stories |
| Suspects' excuses |
| Courtroom excuses |
| Some are airtight |
| Whodunit elements |
| Courtroom defenses |
| Elsewhere defences |
| What suspects need |
| Suspects' defenses |
| Cops check them out |
| Exculpatory stories |
| Exonerating factors |
| Suspect statements? |
| Courtroom vouchers? |
| Means of exoneration |
| Perps need good ones |
| Stories on the stand |
| Airtight explanations |
| Stories told in court |
| Excuses from suspects |
| Detectives check them |
| Courtroom explanations |
| Excuses for defendants |
| Ike has plenty of them |
| They've got you covered |
| Cops sometimes crack them |
| Excuses heard in "L.A. Law |
| Columbo heard a lot of them |
| Detectives hear a lot of them |
| Defendants' spouses, sometimes |
| They might not hold up in court |
| I was at my mother's," and others |
| Clapton "Journeyman" rocker "No ___ |
| Explanations to get you off the hook |
| Where were you on the night of" stories |
| ''The dog ate my homework'' and the like |
| They may fall apart under cross-examination |
| I was at my girlfriend's at the time," and others |
| I was home asleep at the time of the murder" and others |