| TREASUREHUNT | Game of searching for hidden items (8,4) |
| FRISK | Body search for hidden items (5) |
| FORAGING | Act of searching for food in the wild (8) |
| WATERWITCHING | Abandoned writer, shortly looking outside and searching for hidden stream |
| MINEDETECTOR | Used on land or sea for hidden danger - and to see if it belongs to me? (4,8) |
| LEAFPEEPING | Fall foliage viewing, informally, or successfully searching for hidden words in the starred answers |
| DRAWLOTS | Choose by means of hidden items (4,4) |
| EXPLORATION | Action of searching an area for natural resources (11) |
| AGENDA | Underlying motive may have hidden items for discussion (6) |
| AGENDAS | Hidden items, sometimes |
| STRIPSEARCH | Despoil and burn church in attempt to find hidden items |
| GRILL | Ask a lot of searching questions about restaurant (5) |
| FINETOOTHCOMB | Method of searching or investigating in minute detail (4-5,4) |
| INTHEDOGHOUSE | Banished to sleep on a couch, say ... or where to find the starred answers' hidden items |
| CRYPTIC | From Greek for "hidden", a word for something mysterious, obscure, occult, puzzling or secret, such as a clue in an enigmatic crossword of the same name; or, the camouflaging colouring of certain anim |
| IDOL | Coveted hidden item on "Survivor" |
| CACHE | Incomplete mark of authenticity for hidden store (5) |
| SEARCH | Check the clothing or body of a person for hidden objects (6) |
| SNAGS | Word for submerged fluvial tree stumps obstructing boats, hence for hidden catches/obstacles generally (5) |
| ESTEEM | Term for hidden radar unit (5,4) |
