| ENCIPHER | Hide a |
| CELL | From "storeroom, monk's chamber" and related to "cover, hide", a word for what is fundamentally a small enclosed unit, be it in blood, in a prison or in a honeycomb in a hive (4) |
| ACACIA | A group of spies hide a camera at first in a shrub |
| QUARRY | From Latin for "to square", a deep open-cast pit where stone is mined away; or, from "a hide", a hunted animal or prey (6) |
| IDEAL | Hide a letter about a model |
| TEMPT | Nat King Cole asked, "Do you smile to ... a lover, Mona Lisa; Or is this your way to hide a broken h |
| SOFA | Piece of furniture that might contain a hide-a-bed |
| ONEDOLLARRYAN | "There's a slight charge, Mr. Reynolds, to hide a Stooge" |
| PLANTAGENET | Hide a wild animal in a house |
| MANITOBA | Gangsters hide a fool near a place in the prairies |
| TRAVESTY | Attempt to hide a piece of underwear is a farce |
| EARRING | Dropping a brick to hide a piece of jewellery |
| THONG | Hide a strip for achieving a tie (5) |
| SENATOR | Chosen a Tory to hide a political leader (7) |
| MASCARA | It comes with a wand and helps Ma hide a scar (7) |
| SUEDE | Hide a girl shielding a boy (5) |
| BUFF | Word for a wild ox originally, later leather made from said animal's hide; a military coat fashioned from this; or, the dull brownish yellow of oxhide (4) |
| CACHE | From French meaning "to hide", a secret place for ammunition, provisions or treasure; or, a hidden hoard of said items therein (5) |
| COMBOVER | A hairstyle in which strands go across the head to hide a bald patch (4,4) |
| SHUFTI | Turning fist to hide a Chinaman, take a look (6) |
