Clues for the word "COVERT"
We've had 51 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 89 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 16, 2026.
Definition of covert
- v. t. - Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
- v. t. - Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.
- v. t. - Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband.
- a. - A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
- a. - One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
Referring Clues
- Like C.I.A. operations
- Not apparent
- Hidden from view
- Like a dirty-tricks campaign
- Disguised
- Concealed
- Hidden
- Secret
- Like a CIA operation
- Behind-the-scenes
- Kind of action
- Behind the scenes
- Like many CIA ops
- Clandestine
- Surreptitious
- Like some operations
- Hush-hush
- Want selfishly
- Undercover
- Like cloak-and-dagger operations
- On the down-low
- Being secretive, finished in court
- Like shady activities finished in court
- Clandestine, it is again revealed in court
- See the obvious, though it's not meant to be seen
- Veiled intruder in Poulenc overture
- Concealed - vector (anag)
- King consumed by desire to have secret
- Like intelligence, often
- Undercover, secret
- Hidden, secret
- Concealed, hidden
- Secret hide close to nest
- Secret business on green
- Concealed or secret
- Finished in court, in secret
- Secret, like CIA operations
- Concealed part of Poulenc overture
- Definitely not apparent
- Concealed lid on top of tin
- Concealed chap by banks of rivulet
- Concealed, secret
- Finished in court being secretive
- Hidden, yet quite obvious to Charlie
- Right on the bay, but concealed
- The fellow has a right to be furtive
- Undercover operations
- Concealed too much in court
- In bed, some lovers are secretive
- Secret, or an antonym of the word formed by letters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
- *Done openly
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - September 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 17, 2025
- Daily American - February 08, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 23, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 05, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 15, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - July 12, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - April 14, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - February 27, 2023
- Daily American - February 08, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - January 28, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 26, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - December 01, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - November 18, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 13, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - June 28, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - June 27, 2022
- And in 59 more crossword puzzles...