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Legal excuse

Last seen in Universal Crossword November 18, 2025 Answers

"Legal excuse" is a crossword clue we last spotted in the Universal Crossword puzzle on November 18, 2025. We have 111 possible answers in our records from crosswords published across multiple sources. The leading solution is ALIBI with 5 letters and a 99% confidence score, making it the most likely correct answer.

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111 Other Potential Answers

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ALIBI
Legal excuse
Universal Crossword · Nov 18, 2025
8%
OPENANDSHUTCASE
Quickly resolved legal matter
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 21, 2026
8%
SUES
Takes legal action
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 17, 2026
8%
PARDONMYFRENCH
"Please excuse the bad language," and what can be said about 18-, 26-, 55-, and 65-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 5, 2026
8%
SUE
Take legal action against
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2026
8%
DIVORCE
Split with a legal process
Universal Crossword · Apr 16, 2026
8%
FINALNOTICE
Recourse before pursuing legal action, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 11, 2025
8%
CERTIFIEDMAIL
*Means of sending legal documents
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 11, 2025
8%
IDCARD
Proof of legal age, often
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 10, 2025
8%
PARA
Prefix with legal or normal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 25, 2025
8%
SCRIP
Substitute for legal tender
Universal Crossword · Aug 17, 2025
8%
OFFCALENDAR
*Removed from the docket, as a legal hearing
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 5, 2025
8%
FORE
"Please excuse my errant golfing!"
Universal Crossword · Jun 22, 2025
8%
CITE
Quote from, as a legal case
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 5, 2025
8%
SUED
Took legal action
Universal Crossword · Apr 29, 2025
8%
LATIN
Like many legal terms
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 25, 2025
8%
PADS
Some legal places to make records
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 5, 2025
8%
TERMS
Parts of a legal contract
Universal Crossword · Mar 17, 2025
8%
PROBONO
Free, as legal work
Universal Crossword · Mar 10, 2025
8%
LAMEST
Most weak, as an excuse
Premier Sunday Crossword · Feb 16, 2025
8%
STATEBARS
Regulatory legal associations, and what 17-, 23-, 54-, and 61-Across are?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 13, 2025
8%
AHEM
"Um ... excuse me"
Universal Crossword · Jan 14, 2025
8%
MUFTI
Muslim legal expert
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jan 11, 2025
8%
STRIKINGOUT
Convenient excuse, obviously?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 27, 2024
8%
COPOUT
Poor excuse
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 20, 2024
8%
LISA
Novelist Scottoline known for legal thrillers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 17, 2024
8%
LLD
Honorary legal deg.
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jul 5, 2024
8%
BRIEF
Certain legal document
Universal Crossword · Jul 2, 2024
8%
BUYS
Believes, as an excuse
Universal Crossword · Apr 30, 2024
8%
WEED
It's legal in California ... and the name of a city in Northern California
Universal Crossword · Mar 10, 2024
8%
THECTRUNT
*1994 legal thriller starring Susan Sarandon
Universal Crossword · Mar 8, 2024
8%
BUY
Accept, as an excuse
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Feb 13, 2024
8%
SUPREMECOURT
Highest legal body in America
Universal Crossword · Jan 12, 2024
8%
JOHNGRISHAM
*Writer of the 2023 legal thriller "The Exchange"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 3, 2024
8%
PERRYMASON
1950s-’70s legal drama
Premier Sunday Crossword · Nov 19, 2023
8%
THIN
Weak, as an excuse
Universal Crossword · Jul 1, 2023
8%
OFLAW
Court — (legal venue)
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jun 19, 2023
8%
LONGARMOFTHELAW
Metaphor for the legal system that implies a criminal cannot hide or escape from that system's vast resources and unparalleled authority [67-Across: Police jurisdiction]
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2023
8%
EXPARTE
One-sided, in legal proceedings
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 9, 2023
8%
IDO
Words that might precede a legal name change
Universal Crossword · Feb 2, 2023
8%
ANITA
With 40-Down, legal scholar played by Kerry Washington in HBO's "Confirmation"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 26, 2023
8%
CODEOFHAMMURABI
Exhibit 1: Program lines for a Babylonian legal app. Written in cuneiform text.
Universal Crossword · Jan 3, 2023
8%
TRAFFIC
Lateness excuse, often
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Nov 29, 2022
8%
WAIVEDRIGHTS
Gave up legal entitlements (letters 3-7)
Universal Crossword · Aug 22, 2022
8%
LAWFULLYAWFUL
Terrible but legal?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 16, 2022
8%
MALAFIDE
In bad faith, in legal jargon
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 15, 2022
8%
NINA
NPR legal affairs correspondent Totenberg
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2022
8%
MYDOGATEIT
Cliched excuse for missing homework
Universal Crossword · May 14, 2022
8%
FILESSUIT
Initiates legal action
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 5, 2022
8%
FREEBRITNEY
Hashtag that went viral during a pop star's legal battle
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 30, 2022
8%
LALAW
Calif. legal drama
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 5, 2022
8%
IAM
Will's legal ending, usually?
Universal Crossword · Nov 26, 2021
8%
CASELAW
Basis for legal precedent
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 13, 2021
8%
DELLASTREET
Fictional legal secretary
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 3, 2021
1%
DELIBERATE
Do some peer review, legally?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 19, 2026
1%
ACTOFGOD
Natural disaster, legally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 5, 2026
1%
USURP
Seize illegally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 2, 2026
1%
BANS
Makes illegal
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 19, 2026
1%
NUMBERSGAME
Illegal lottery (In this answer, note the first two and last two letters)
Universal Crossword · Mar 24, 2026
1%
ABETISABET
"Pay up! No excuses!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 16, 2026
1%
TESTCASE
Precedent setter, legally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 21, 2025
1%
TOW
Remove from an illegal parking spot
Universal Crossword · Sep 28, 2025
1%
LIE
Act excused with crossed fingers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 27, 2025
1%
UIE
Illegal turn, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 8, 2025
1%
IBE
"May __ excused?"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 26, 2025
1%
PIRATE
Copy illegally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
1%
SCALP
Resell illegally
Universal Crossword · Jul 16, 2025
1%
BAN
Make illegal
Universal Crossword · Jul 15, 2025
1%
MAYIGO
Request to be excused
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 11, 2025
1%
HOOCH
Illegal booze
Universal Crossword · Jul 5, 2025
1%
ABET
Assist illegally
Universal Crossword · Jul 3, 2025
1%
AWOL
Illegally off base: Abbr.
Universal Crossword · Jun 22, 2025
1%
ESTOP
Bar legally
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 12, 2025
1%
ANTICRIME
***Intended to curb illegal activity
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2025
1%
ABETS
Aids illegally
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 31, 2025
1%
SIGNSOVER
Transfers legally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 2, 2025
1%
RIG
Fix illegally
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jan 15, 2025
1%
PIRATED
Illegally downloaded
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 7, 2025
1%
TACO
An Indiana judge legally declared it a sandwich in 2024
Universal Crossword · Jan 4, 2025
1%
ATTY
Paralegal employer, for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 15, 2024
1%
LAME
Like bad excuses
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Dec 9, 2024
1%
OBLIGE
Make legally bound
Premier Sunday Crossword · Dec 8, 2024
1%
LOANSHARKING
Lending money illegally
Universal Crossword · Sep 20, 2024
1%
COLLUSION
Illegal cooperation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2024
1%
BLACKMARKET
Illegal trade medium
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jul 7, 2024
1%
NETH
First country to legalize same-sex marriage: Abbr.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 15, 2024
1%
ABAN
Impose — on (illegalize)
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jun 2, 2024
1%
RIGS
Fixes illegally
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · May 14, 2024
1%
GAPS
*It's illegal to pump your own in New Jersey
Universal Crossword · Apr 26, 2024
1%
GRAFT
Obtain illegally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 21, 2024
1%
ENFORCE
Carry out, legally
Universal Crossword · Apr 10, 2024
1%
HEIR
Next in line, legally
Universal Crossword · Feb 14, 2024
1%
METHODNOTALLOWED
HTTP 405: Knight illegally aims for opponent's head during joust
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 7, 2024
1%
AMEND
Revise legally
Universal Crossword · Jul 20, 2023
1%
REF
Illegal-motion caller
Universal Crossword · Jun 15, 2023
1%
SPAREME
"I've had enough of your excuses!"
Universal Crossword · Jun 13, 2023
1%
ARSON
Illegal burning
Premier Sunday Crossword · Mar 5, 2023
1%
OHSPAREME
"I don't want to hear your excuses!" (Last 2 letters + ...)
Universal Crossword · Feb 6, 2023
1%
ESTOPS
Prevents, legally
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jan 21, 2023
1%
ATBAR
Being tried, legally
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jan 8, 2023
1%
AGEISM
Illegal hiring practice
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jan 4, 2023
1%
GETSAPASS
Is excused for poor behavior
Universal Crossword · Dec 4, 2022
1%
BRIBE
Illegal payoff
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 8, 2022
1%
PERSONALFOUL
Illegal contact by Larry Bird, and a phonetic hint to 20-, 34- and 41-Across
Universal Crossword · May 31, 2022
1%
FALSEARREST
Illegal detention
Premier Sunday Crossword · May 1, 2022
1%
ABITETOEAT
What you may legally grab at the mall
Universal Crossword · Apr 15, 2022
1%
FOULED
Made illegal contact with, in some sports
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 8, 2022
1%
PLED
Responded, legally
Universal Crossword · Mar 25, 2022
1%
BROTHEL
Illegal "Risky Business" business
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 4, 2022
1%
AGEIST
Like some illegal employment practices
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 26, 2021
1%
NOIFSANDSORBUTS
"I won't hear any excuses!" ... also, a clue to the three other longest Across answers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 26, 2021

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How many possible solutions does "Legal excuse" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 111 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is ALIBI (5 letters).
What is the best answer for "Legal excuse"?
The best answer for "Legal excuse" is ALIBI with 5 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Legal excuse" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on November 18, 2025.
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