Crossword puzzle clue "without conviction"

Conviction ... or what's almost required for a conviction

Plea that accepts conviction without admitting guilt

Without much conviction

Without conviction

Answer to the riddle "What has rivers without water, forests without trees, and cities without houses?"

Conviction of the devout

Lacking conviction

"If Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction / Instruct ___ in diction" ("Anything Goes" lyric)