| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| EXEMPTS | Excuses | |
| APOLOGIES | Excuses | |
| ALIBIS | Courtroom excuses | |
| EXCUSER | One who excuses or forgives another. | |
| OBTRUSIONIST | One who practices or excuses obtrusion. | |
| SELF-JUSTIFIER | One who excuses or justifies himself. | |
| SPOUSES | Extremely spontaneous excuses for husbands and wives | |
| CONDONES | Excuses for what is done in scams | |
| LAMEST | Like the weakest of excuses for limping saint | |
| OFFHAND | Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses. | |
| ESSOINER | An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another. | |
| EXCUSE | That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault. | |
| EXTENUATE | To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. | |
| NAKED | Without addition, exaggeration, or excuses; not concealed or disguised; open to view; manifest; plain. | |
| PALLIATE | To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults. | |