| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| pleads | to offer as an excuse |
| pled | to offer as an excuse |
| repleads | to offer as an excuse |
| pleading | to offer as an excuse |
| plead | to offer as an excuse |
| PLEAD | Offer as an excuse. |
| pleaded | Offer or present as an excuse for doing or not doing something |
| pretext | to allege as an excuse |
| pretexted | PRETEXT, to allege as an excuse |
| giving | Say to (someone) as an excuse or inappropriate answer |
| take | to accept, as an offer or challenge |
| NASH | First automaker to offer seatbelts as an option (1949) |
| sacrifice | the slaughter of an animal, person, etc on an altar as an offering to a god / to offer up in sacrifice also SACRIFY |
