The clue "defence" last appeared in the The Times Concise crossword on September 6, 2020. The correct answer for this puzzle is "EXCUSE", a 6-letter word.
Solution ALIBI is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution ALIBI is 5 letters long. We have 5 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 92 solutions. The longest is DEFENSE MECHANISM with 16 letters, and the shortest is AIM with 3 letters.
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Solutions are between 3 and 16 letters long.
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