Crossword Clue:

Response to a charge

Answer	Crossword Clue
PLEA	Response to a charge
IAM	"Who's in charge here?" response
PLEA	Answer to a charge

IONIZE	Give a charge to
PLEAD	Respond to a charge
PLED	Responded to a charge
ADFEE	Charge to a sponsor
IONIZE	Charge, to a physicist
PLEAD	Respond, as to a charge
PLEA	Defendant's answer to a charge.
ASHCAN	Depth charge, to a gob

BLAME	Apply a charge to, maybe
DEBIT	Query to a charge card user
PLEA	Defense in reply to a charge
ADFEE	Charge to appear in a magazine
LIENEE	Property owner subject to a legal charge.
QUALITYCONTROLS	What someone needs to be in charge of, in a lab
GWB	Monogram of the author of "A Charge to Keep: My Journey to the White House"