Crossword puzzle clue "they're often tall"

the plea in a criminal charge of having been elsewhere at the relevant time

to go or come in

to give the form of a rainbow to

(Dutch) a South African carnivore, aka suricate, related to the ichneumon, also MEERCAT

LEOPARD, a large, carnivorous, feline mammal

MAST, to provide with a long pole that supports a ship's sails

NET, to catch in an openwork fabric