Hush-hush solution
by Kegler
As indicated by the unclued phrase, TAKING PART IN A COVER-UP, twelve of the answers
are replaced in
the grid by things that cover them. The actual grid entry is
shown in brackets following the parsing of the answer.
Across
| 7 | P(I + L)LOW [SLIP] |
| 9 | AM + OS (rev) |
| 11 | BED (1st letters) [QUILT] |
| 12 | PAT + H |
| 13 | UM + P |
| 15 | ISLET (TILES anag) |
| 16 | E + A + RN |
| 18 | F(LO)OR [CARPET] |
| 19 | EYES ("AYES" hom) [BLINDFOLD] |
| 24 | CAPITOL (TOPICAL anag) [DOME] |
| 26 | MIME (hidden) |
| 28 | NAR + Y (RAN rev) |
| 29 | NADIR (DRAIN anag) |
| 30 | B + ROOM |
| 34 | C + AND + Y [WRAPPER] |
| 36 | V(I)A |
| 37 | TAPIR ("TAPER" hom) |
| 38 | BEtrayER |
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Down
| 1 | HEAD (hidden) [TOQUE] |
| 2 | ALUM (hidden) |
| 3 | bILLy |
| 4 | NITS (SNIT anag) |
| 5 | W + ALL [PAPER] |
| 6 | RO(T + T)ED |
| 8 | P + ILAFS (FAILS anag) |
| 10 | WI(N)DOW [SHUTTER] |
| 14 | PRIOR (2 defs) |
| 17 | AL + DA |
| 20 | D(EM)O (ME rev) |
| 21 | OMARR (ARMOR anag) |
| 22 | P + AN [LID] |
| 23 | PEA + K [SNOW] |
| 25 | MY(O) + PIC |
| 27 | M(I + LIE)U |
| 30 | B(R)AN |
| 31 | ME + RV |
| 32 | EVER (VEER anag) |
| 33 | INFIELD (INFIDEL anag) [TARP] |
| 35 | P(R)O |
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