Cover - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 31/07/2023

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Cover.

5 letter answer(s) to cover

ALIAS
  1. a name that has been assumed temporarily
  2. as known or named at another time or place; "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette"
ALIBI
  1. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
  2. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
  3. exonerate by means of an alibi

6 letter answer(s) to cover

CASING
  1. enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"
  2. look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed"
  3. sausage skins
  4. the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
  5. the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case"
  6. the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire
CLOTHE
  1. cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
  2. furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
  3. provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"
ENCASE
  1. enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"
SCREEN
  1. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
  2. a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door; "he heard the screen slam as she left"
  3. a flat panel or area on an electronic device such as a television, computer, or smartphone, on which images and data are displayed.
  4. a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame; "they put screens in the windows for protection against insects"; "a metal screen protected the observers"
  5. a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
  6. a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
SHROUD
  1. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
  2. a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute
  3. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  4. cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
  5. form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle"
  6. wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"

4 letter answer(s) to cover

COAT
  1. a thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint"
  2. an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
  3. cover or provide with a coat
  4. form a coat over; "Dirt had coated her face"
  5. growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
  6. put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate"
VEIL
  1. a garment that covers the head and face
  2. a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
  3. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
  4. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
  5. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
  6. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"

3 letter answer(s) to cover

LID
  1. a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.; "he raised the piano lid"
  2. either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer"
  3. headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

7 letter answer(s) to cover

OVERLAY
  1. a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
  2. in IT, the transference of data to overwrite something already stored.
  3. kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets"
  4. lie upon; lie on top of; "the granite overlies the older rocks"
  5. protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
  6. put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy"
OVERLIE
  1. kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets"
  2. lie upon; lie on top of; "the granite overlies the older rocks"
SHEATHE
  1. cover with a protective sheathing; "sheathe her face"
  2. enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword"
  3. plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh

Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Cover'

"I ran out of gas," e.g.
"I was at a movie theater
"I was out of town at the
A criminal may go by it
A criminal may have one
A politician has one form of defence
A politician with one excuse for failure
A politician, one giving evidence in court
A thief may go under one
A thief might take one
A vital urge to abandon party, making excuse
About to do karaoke cover?
Accused’s defence fails if bail oddly withheld
Accused's excuse
Accused's need
Alison ignoring boy when giving another name
Also called
Also known as
Also known as …
Ambassador burdened by silly robe
Anonym
Another name
Assumed identity
Assumed name
Backtracking, caught in fib, I laugh and say, "I was in Pizza Express in Woking at the time”
Bail arranged by one for the defence
Be positioned above
Be situated above
Be situated atop
Billy the Kid, for Henry
Bimbo regularly interrupts boxer's defence
Bit of bridal attire
Bit of bridal wear
Blanket
Blind test?
Box
Box up
Boxer considering that nickname
Boxer once swinging both ways in defence
Boxer with brio occasionally providing cover story
Boxer, British one, finding reason not to charge?
Boxer, one possessing second-rate defence
Breaking bail - one's excuse?
Bridal accessory
Bridal face covering
Bridal wear
Bride hider
Bride's headpiece
Broadcast on TV
Butch Cassidy, e.g.
Calf and tibia discovered to be explanation of movements
Can topper
Cap
Cap, top
Cat and dog keeping round rear flap
Ceiling
Champion boxer with a second assumed name
Chance to wear revolutionary dress
Check
Checked item
Chesterfield or ulster
Chevalier de Seingalt, fo
Claim one was elsewhere
Clever remark very good spread round about
Cloth in which a body is wrapped for burial
Coffee-to-go need
Completely cover
Con's cover, of a sort
Conceal very ugly lie
Conceal, protect
Corroborator, maybe
Court story
Cover - hide
Cover a point?
Cover article supporting nut tree
Cover broadcast by vet
Cover found in gamekeeper's heather
Cover front of television
Cover in outbuilding not quite retaining warmth
Cover of outdoor pool finally removed
Cover point, he catches Cook
Cover story
Cover story?
Cover uncultivated land in middle of desert
Cover up 1ac broadcast
Cover, conceal
Cover, enclose
Cover, so to speak
Covering
Covering for head and face
Covering for the face
Covering quiet few drinks (number not given)
Crate
Criminal's "a k a" name
Criminal's creation
Crosophile en ville near Toulouse? Not with this perhaps
Decorate article that's boring too
Defence always leaky, it's Brighton's infirmity, first of all
Defence from fighter boxing in the same place
Defence of being elsewhere
Defence of Italy twice cut ball out
Defence of the absent
Defence starts to argue legal issue, blocking injunction
Defendant's excuse
Defendant's offering
Defendant's testimony, ma
Defense aid
Disguise
Dognapper ultimately snatched Dalmatian for one?
Dress
Drive-in feature
Duffel —; morning —
Emptied cocktail over the dress
Encase
Enclose one magazine inside another
Entering French town, I claim to have been elsewhere
Evidence found in Somali bin
Evidence of being elsewhere
Evidence that the accused could not have been guilty
Evidential statement, mostly set down, regarding certain sexual behaviour
Excuse
Excuse a former politician invented originally
Excuse any ludicrous in-fighting by incompetent leaders
Excuse boxer breeder intended to begin with
Excuse deviation from script, but not second one
Excuse for not doing something
Excuse in court excellent defending one bishop on line
Excuse individual after jumping bail
Excuse me leaving meal before I begin its starters
Excuse of boxer swinging this way and that?
Excuse one in vestment beside the writer
Excuse one replacing a graduate in panto role
Eye protector
Face covering
Fake identity
False "handle"
False front
False identity
False name
Filter
Football ploy
Fugitive's creation
Fur
Fur or fleece
Fur, say
George Sand, for one
Get knight covering king, giving check
Grassland in southeast provides cover
Group wearing famous red dress
Hamper part
Handle
He hates arranging cover
Heavyweight boxer’s first international defence
Heterosexual couple hiding half of what's put inside cover
Hide
Hide from view
Hide, or show, Native American between two poles
HOUSE
In recession, city banks reluctant to invest
Indulge in too much sex, as printers might do?
Initially attacking, later is better in defence
It can be checked
It conceals relocation of energy in base
It may be airtight
It may be assumed
It may be checked, in two
It may be lifted at a wed
It might be airtight
It puts one in the clear
It's assumed
It's good when airtight
Jack-in-the-box part
Jacket
Jar cover
Jar part
Jar top
Jennifer Garner spy serie
Judging point at a dog sh
Jumping bail Hippogryph reveals proof of being elsewhere at the time
Layer
Legal defence proving innocence
Lessen one's exposure
Liberal involved in first-class defence
Lie on top of; covering
London Fog, e.g.
Loose rock needs new barrier
Low profile maintainer
Mac, e.g.
Mackintosh, e.g.
Mata Hari was one
Material you might look t
Maugham's "The Painted __
Maximum
Most of all, I attempt to overlook daughter's justification
Movable frame
Movable partition
Name after a name
Name on a police blotter
Name registered at many a
Not the real name
O. Henry, e.g.
Obscure
Observed holding chromium mask
Old-style politician involved in excellent excuse
Operculum
Out
Out for a trial
Out of sorts?
Outer covering
Outer garment
Outerwear
Pack up
Package
Paint layer
Part of a suit
Part of painter's work starts off collection of art treasures
Partition
Partition; monitor
Plea from Somali bishop
Politician taken in by excellent excuse
Popular spy show
Porch protector
Possible pet guarding old outdoor garment
Pot cover
Pot top
Pot's top
Predator catching egg layer
Present for viewing ... o
Prince Albert, e.g.
Prince Albert, for one
Project (a film)
Project for viewing - conceal from harm
Projectionist's target
Proof of location in Bali bivouac
Prop for Salome
Protect in a cover
Protect small moorland plant river washed away
Protect, as with plastic
Protect, in a way
Protection around grass
Protective cover
Protective cover?
Provide with garments
Pseudonym
Put
Put away, as a sword
Put away, he hates to reform
Put away, in a way
Put into a sheath
Put into gear
Rap sheet handle
Rap sheet word
Restraint
Riddle of knight found under a pile of loose rock
Rose by any other name?
Sausage part
Saving yarn?
Screen
Second name
Sheathe
Shelter in rocks at foot of mountain
Sheltering row of trees
Show (a film)
Show a film
Show for critics
Show or conceal
Show shield
Show vet
Sieve
Sift
Sign of secrecy
Silly person, the ambassador in dress
Sit on top of
Slangy hat
Smith, perhaps
Smith, sometimes
Snow on the ground, say
Snowfall
Some criminal I bill for this defence
Something flipped
Something to flip
Something to go under
Spy's name, possibly
Stage name
Stones gathered at bottom of cliff before new show
Stones, on the loose, needing new guard
Story of a large wading bird with no tail
Superimpose
Surround
Surround, cover
Suspect eliminator
Suspect's excuse
Suspect's need
Suspect's story
Swindler's name, possibly
That woman has two articles to enclose
The greatest Belgium international defence
The Jackal, e.g.
This conceals sound from valley
Top
Top swimming venue, not bottom
Topper
Tracing paper, e.g.
TV part
TV spy series starring Je
Ulster or Norfolk
Ulster, e.g.
Ulster, for one
Undertaker's cover-up?
Upper limit
Vacationing celeb's conve
Veneer
Very inaccurate story about religious coverage
Vet witnessed inspiring commander's limits
Vet's mask
Vet; partition
Wanted poster info
Way out
Wedding wear
What a murder suspect nee
What a person may go unde
What a thief might go by
What an accused perpetrat
Winding sheet
Window holder
Winter garment
Word on a wanted poster
Wrap
Yashmak, for example
You may assume it
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