| OPAQUE | Drop a question that conceals something hard to understand |
| ENIGMA | Something hard to understand or explain (6) |
| VEIL | Old word for a covering or curtain; the headdress of a nun or a bride; or, anything that conceals, disguises or obscures, such as a facade, mask, pretence or a shroud of mist (4) |
| RHETORICAL | Like a question that isn't a question |
| OPENENDED | A question that cannot be answered with a "yes", or "no" (4-5) |
| OUI | Possible response to a question that begins "Est-ce que ..." |
| LEGO | Idle gossip conceals something to play with (4) |
| CREDO | Sacred oath conceals something to believe in (5) |
| CLOAKOFSECRECY | Attempt to conceal something under a cape? (5,2,7) |
| SURNAME | Sensible man rushes back to conceal something that could identify family |
| HOWCANHEBETHE | Start of a question that stumped Marilyn Vos Savant |
| QUESTIONOFLAW | A question that is answered by applying relevant legal principles (8,2,3) |
| EXPOSES | Previous partner puts a question that lays one bare (7) |
| GLENSTAL | In retrospect, time delay conceals something to keep you focused on time in the abbey school (8) |
| OCCULTS | Conceals something from view (7) |
| LIMP | Final impact conceals something lax |
| LATENT | Flat entrance conceals something hidden |
| UNDERTHECARPET | Sweep _ _ _, to conceal something, especially a problem, in the hope it will be overlooked by others (5,3,6) |
| LOOKSHARP | Joe Jackson album that conceals a stringed instrument |
| THEMAGICFLUTE | Mozart masterpiece that conceals a stringed instrument |
