Clues for the word "COVER"
We've had 97 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 162 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on October 23, 2025.
Definition of cover
- v. t. - To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
- v. t. - To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.
- v. t. - To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.
- v. t. - To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods.
- v. t. - To brood or sit on; to incubate.
- v. t. - To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.
- v. t. - To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.
- v. t. - To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.
- v. t. - To put the usual covering or headdress on.
- v. t. - To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male.
- n. - Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.
- n. - Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
- n. - Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.
- n. - The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.
- n. - The lap of a slide valve.
- n. - A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests.
- v. i. - To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet.
Referring Clues
- Nightclub charge
- Run for it!
- Spy's disguise
- What some runners run for
- Not the first recording
- Vote for a member of the other political party
- Spy's need
- Spy's assumed identity
- Meet, as an expense
- Bedspread, for example
- Bedspread or blanket
- Alibi
- It may be run for
- What some run for
- Report on
- False identity
- Spy's adopted persona
- Night-club charge
- Tarp, e.g.
- *Run for it
- Lid
- Book feature
- Blanket
- Book part
- Pay for
- Magazine's front
- Report on, as a news story
- Hide from view
- "___ up"
- Charge at the door, informally
- Cabaret cost
- Put a lid on
- Disguise
- Insure
- Old song done anew
- Blanket or bedspread, for example
- Perform an already-famous song
- Caught with too much insurance
- Put over the top
- Insurance
- Military support for one in danger
- Bruce Springsteen "___ Me"
- Shroud
- Fielder caught a few balls
- Sit on - suffice for
- Protection for a fieldsman?
- Cricketer in the position to be caught by a maiden?
- Insurance, as in the field of sport
- (Put) lid (on) - fielding position - insurance
- But such girls don't wear a lot too much!
- Insurance against conceding runs?
- In the field of cricket, does he need insurance?
- Insurance, perhaps, can have its point
- Totally obscure
- Chap gets the right sort of insurance
- Cold? Not under blanket!
- Protect - insure
- Report on insurance
- Cabaret charge
- Bedspread
- In disguise, under ___
- Hide some recent discoveries
- Bay on right will give shelter
- See 22
- State what Greenwich sounds like when inverted
- See 15
- Cloak
- Hide a lot too much
- Insurance for a hundred and more
- Does such a girl need something to put over her?
- Conceal a hundred and more
- Tribute band song
- Tribute band's tune
- Removable lid
- Outside of a book or magazine
- Club charge
- See several balls in the field
- Protector in the field of sport
- Insure for a lot too much
- Charge at the door
- The outer part. (See above)
- With 67-Across, musical acts that are a theme hint
- Form a layer over
- Charge to get in
- See too much and put the lid on things
- Protection for a fieldsman?
- Cricketer in the position to be caught by a maiden?
- Version of someone else's song
- Insurance for which the initial cost is too much?
- Insurance against conceding runs?
- ___ charge: entry fee
- In the field of cricket, does he need insurance?
- Conceal
- Tribute band number
- Front of a magazine
- Substitute fieldsman?
- Shield
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - October 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 15, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 06, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 01, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 23, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 05, 2025
- USA Today - February 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 11, 2024
- LA Times - November 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 18, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 06, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - September 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 10, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - July 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - June 13, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 06, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 13, 2024
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