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Answer for the clue "Daughter engaged in excuse, mostly dreamt up on the spot ", 6 letters:
ad-lib

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Word definitions for ad-lib in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" [syn: improvise , improvize , extemporize , extemporise ] [also: ad-libbing , ad-libbed ]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Betsy forgot her lines and had to ad-lib the rest of the scene. ▪ No one could remember the song very well, so we had to ad-lib . ▪ The other actors were thrown into confusion when she started ad-libbing her final speech. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To improvise all or part of a speech or other performance, ''especially'' in comedy.

Usage examples of ad-lib.

I was thinking that if I managed to get by the Martians without a slip I would undertake to ad-lib double talk to a bunch of human reporters as long as they wanted to listen.

Paddy knew no precedent for this, no set phrase, but he'd ad-libbed it nicely.