| OPAQUE | Drop a question that conceals something hard to understand (6) |
| ENIGMA | Something hard to understand or explain (6) |
| CREEPY | Return of Tory peer could conceal something a bit frightening! (6) |
| YAUPON | Shrub that conceals a high place |
| CAPOTE | Cloak that conceals a drug in church |
| PELMET | Fitting that conceals curtain fixtures (6) |
| TEASER | Flourishing trees that conceal a problem (6) |
| LATENT | Flat entrance conceals something hidden |
| SITTER | Sober English teacher circles something hard to miss (6) |
| PILLOW | Cushion the blow after something hard to swallow (6) |
| TATTOO | Something hard to get off your chest? |
| BATTLE | Uphill ___ (something hard to do) |
| 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 ..." |
| IDONTKNOWCANYOU | Snarky reply to a question that starts "Can I ...?" |
| LEGO | Idle gossip conceals something to play with (4) |
| CREDO | Sacred oath conceals something to believe in (5) |
| UNDERTHECARPET | Sweep _ _ _, to conceal something, especially a problem, in the hope it will be overlooked by others (5,3,6) |
