Crime story?
The crossword clue "Crime story?" is answered by ALIBI, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALIBI
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALIBI answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALIBI
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALIBI, most used first.
- Excuse - used 140 times, most recently in 2025
- Suspect's story - used 128 times, most recently in 2026
- Cover story - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Suspect's excuse - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Out - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Defendant's story - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Suspect's defense - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Accused's need - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Suspect's out - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Courtroom excuse - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Out of sorts? - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- Suspect's need - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Accused's excuse - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- It may be airtight - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
- Legal defense - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Suspect's explanation - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Court excuse - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Defendant's excuse - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Legal excuse - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Court defense - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Grafton's A - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Legal plea. - used 9 times, most recently in 1980
- Perp's out - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Suspect's claim - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- It might be airtight - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- One might stand up in court - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Perp's excuse - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Defendant's defense - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Defendant's out - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Defense mechanism - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Defensive line? - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Excuse in court - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Proof of innocence - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Proof of innocence, perhaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Whodunit plot element - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Top story - ATTIC, used 108 times
- Fiery crime - ARSON, used 81 times
- Firebug's crime - ARSON, used 68 times
- Troy story - ILIAD, used 63 times
- Pyromaniac's crime - ARSON, used 60 times
- "Love Story" author - SEGAL, used 52 times
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