Defensive line?
The crossword clue "Defensive line?" is answered by ALIBI, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 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 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DONTBLAMEME (2 uses in xd)
- IDIDNTDOIT (1 uses in xd)
- IFEELATTACKED (1 uses in xd)
- IMJUSTSAYING (1 uses in xd)
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
- Crime story? - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- 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
- 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
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- Heart line - AORTA, used 72 times
- Line dance - CONGA, used 59 times
- Main line - AORTA, used 42 times
- Bottom line - TOTAL, used 37 times
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