Defendants Mainstay Crossword Clue

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	noun • (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question • a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. verb • exonerate by means of an alibi
	26%	9		Mainstay of Cajun bands
	noun • a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
	26%	10		Mainstay
	noun • the property of being central

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New York Times27 Nov 1992	Across 14
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