Plea From French Criminal Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires • (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring • the defendant and his legal advisors collectively • an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack • the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions • the justification for some act or belief • a structure used to defend against attack • a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him • (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies • protection from harm • the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
	38%	11		A plea made as a response to a previous plea
	noun • a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea
	29%	10		To enter an initial plea in a criminal case
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	Clue	Source
1	A plea made as a response to a previous plea
2	A plea made in contradiction to another plea
3	French cat finds French drink where French drink is produced The Guardian Everyman - 11 Aug 2019	The Guardian Everyman / 11 Aug 2019
4	French criminal investigation department The Guardian Quick - 19 Mar 2011	The Guardian Quick / 19 Mar 2011
5	Journalist bowled over by criminal plea The Guardian Cryptic - 15 Sep 2017	The Guardian Cryptic / 15 Sep 2017
6	Police criminal invest-igation department in French speaking countries — U-trees (anag) The Guardian Quick - 30 Jan 2017	The Guardian Quick / 30 Jan 2017
7	See criminal offer to enter one dodgy plea The Guardian Cryptic - 21 Mar 2013	The Guardian Cryptic / 21 Mar 2013

Unpale shield?
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It offers protection from French criminal
Excuses for the respect the Queen's lost
Protection
Want to cuddle female upset by church's apology
Editor backing receiver of stolen goods gets protection
Resistance of French at barrier
Half-dead criminal provides justification
Protection of French wetland on borders of Camargue

Derailing the work of the armed forces
Ministry to abolish border posts?
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Vindication of French barrier
About to leave submission for which counsel may argue
Journalist bowled over by criminal plea
Attack is often said to be its best form!
Yielding when lacking with regards to protection
Germany and Spain deal with hot stuff for protection
Resistance against attack, danger or harm; a country’s military forces; the plea of the accused in a lawsuit; or, the action of protecting one’s goal or wicket against the opposition

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