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Excuse (7)

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'excuse' is the definition.
(a pretext is an excuse or pretence)

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(Other definitions for pretext that I've seen before include "Excuse, ruse" , "Insincere excuse" , "Reason put forward to conceal the true one" , "Fictitious reason in order to conceal the real one" , "False reason, guise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, The Telegraph, the Evening Standard and The Times.
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