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Excuse of being somewhere else (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alibi

(Other definitions for alibi that I've seen before include "Timely get-out" , "Evidence one was elsewhere at time of crime" , ""suspect's story"" , "Defence against accusation - was somewhere else" , "Evidence of (or excuse for) being somewhere else at the time" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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