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We've checked our database and believe the answer is EXCUSE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

verb

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

31%11 A cover or pretext used to hide one's true motives
noun

• (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements

• an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure

31%13 A pretense or pretext
noun

• a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate

• something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

• screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game

• a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game

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The Guardian Cryptic19 Dec 2003 Across 22
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