Story backed up by a witness, hopefully Crossword Clue

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Story backed up by a witness, hopefully Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
2. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
(verb)
1. exonerate by means of an alibi

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BACKED (adjective)
1. having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
2. used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light
WITNESS (noun)
1. (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
2. someone who sees an event and reports what happened
WITNESS (verb)
1. perceive or be contemporaneous with
2. be a witness to

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
BIALI

More LA Times Crossword (3/21/2025) Answers

Across

1. Fare topped with tzatziki

5. Collection of matching cruets

9. “___ we cool?”

12. Like some handwriting

14. Deer friend of Thumper

15. WC

16. Striped stone

17. Silk region of India

18. Word with breaker or maker

19. --

21. Lasting memory of an old flame?

23. One of three in bunco

24. Pharyngeal tissue

27. Vis-à-vis

30. Painter's board

32. Violinist recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986

34. Future JDs exams

35. Aromatic tree

38. Expressing feeling

40. Eventually, with "in"

42. Honorific for 32-Across

43. Simpson with a blue beehive

45. Turkey's national flower

46. London district that includes Shaftesbury Avenue

48. Home facelift, informally

49. Heartfelt

51. Legged it

53. High-priced Japanese beef

54. Support neighborhood shops, say

59. Bungle

60. Ask for

63. Novelist Shreve

64. The "A" of 61-Down

65. "That's not for me!"

66. Held back for now

67. Pastrami bread

68. __ a one

69. See 41 Down

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1. "Happy our paths crossed!"

2. Hatha practitioner

3. Incur cellphone charges, maybe

4. Unsubscribed

5. Informal duds

6. Mantra syllables

7. Org. that includes nets and Nets

8. --

10. Zoomed

11. Best. Day. __!

13. Igloo rival

14. Bun cooked in a bamboo steamer

20. "You got that right!"

22. Stooge with the shortest name

25. Muffle

26. Caesarean delivery?

27. Yes votes

28. Big rig

29. Brother of Balder

31. Tips off

33. --

35. Mani-pedi tool

36. "Wouldn't miss it for the world!"

37. Collector's item?

39. Mantel piece

41. With 69-Across, change quickly, and a hint to completing three other long answers in this puzzle

44. Stop dawdling!

46. Like some humor

47. Like some humor

49. In advance

50. Say yes

52. Sad sigh

53. Sport

55. FedEx rival

56. AMEX rival

57. Bohr model subject

58. Assignment for a swimmer or a sprinter

61. Brewpub brew

62. Road or roof goo

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