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Making excuse, do cut off a sexual urge (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alibi

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'making excuse' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for alibi that I've seen before include "Excuse for not doing something" , "Excuse - plea of being elsewhere" , "Timely excuse" , "Excuse for failure" , "it may help you to get off" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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