Related Clues:

• Be abed
• Make preparations
• Practice tact, perhaps
• Bunch of nonsense
• Earthen jar
• Green situation
• Bad thing to get caught in
• Bad testimony
• Come up with a cover story
• More than fudge
• Bald-faced statement
• See 52 Across
• Bit of truth decay
• It's not true
• Make something up