Excuses for Being Late with Q

• Quarantine

  Excuse, delayed due to quarantine rules

• Quiet alarm

  Excuse, alarm too quiet to wake up

• Queue was long

  Excuse, delayed by long waiting line

• Queen died

  Excuse, lateness due to national mourning

• Queasy

  Excuse, late due to feeling sick

• Questioned by police

  Excuse, delayed by police questioning

• Quite tired

  Excuse, lateness from being very tired

• Quicksand

  Fell into quicksand—took ages to escape!

The words in the list Excuses for Being Late with Q come from players of the word game Categories game.