After getting bail somehow I find an excuse (5)
I believe the answer is:
alibi
'an excuse' is the definition.
(excuse given by a suspect in an investigation)
'after getting bail somehow' is the wordplay.
'after' becomes 'i' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'bail' anagrammed gives 'alib'.
'i' put after 'alib' is 'ALIBI'.
'i find' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alibi that I've seen before include "It shows one wasn't at crime scene" , "Defence used by an accused person" , "Story confirming innocence" , "A claim one was elsewhere when crime took place" , "that gets him off the hook?" .)