Clues for the word "VEIL"
We've had 129 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 273 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 10, 2025.
Definition of veil
- n. - Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face.
- n. - A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- n. - The calyptra of mosses.
- n. - A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
- n. - A covering for a person or thing; as, a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil.
- n. - Same as Velum, 3.
- n. - To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil.
- n. - Fig.: To invest; to cover; to hide; to conceal.
Referring Clues
- Wedding wear
- Hide
- Sign of secrecy
- Obscure
- Screen
- Bridal accessory
- Prop for Salome
- Bridal wear
- Bride hider
- Cover
- Bit of bridal attire
- Maugham's "The Painted ___"
- Bit of bridal wear
- One of Salome's seven
- Sign of mourning
- Face cover
- Covering for a bride or a mourner
- Cover up
- Formal cover-up
- It's worn on the bridal path
- Bride's face cover
- Disguise
- Mask
- Conceal
- It may be raised at an altar
- Face covering
- Bride's accessory
- Bridal netting
- Bridal shop item
- Bride's headwear
- Part of a bride's apparel
- One of seven for Salome
- It may be lifted at a wedding
- Face mask?
- Hat attachment
- Hat attachment
- Material you might look through
- Secrecy, so to speak
- Concealing garb
- Secrecy fabric?
- Burqa
- Bride's concealment
- Bride's cover
- Bride's wear
- Bridal cover
- Conceal, in a way
- Wedding-dress accessory
- Yashmak
- Bridal concealer
- Face coverer
- Wedding dress feature
- Face concealment
- Part of a bridal ensemble
- Symbol of modesty
- Belly dancer's need
- Bit of headgear raised at the wedding altar
- Mantilla
- Woman's head cover
- Part of a bridal outfit
- Belly dance "must"
- Part of a bride's attire
- Nun's apparel
- Traditional nun's covering
- Bridal shop sight
- Thin disguise?
- Cloak
- Part of a bride's get-up
- Hide, cover
- Nuptial netting
- Bride's headgear
- Head covering
- Bride's headpiece
- Bride's covering
- Bridal shop offering
- Thing lifted at a wedding
- Bride's garb
- What a bride might wear
- Bride's head cover
- Bride's face covering
- Bridal-gown accessory
- Bridal component
- Wedding dress part
- Yashmak, for instance
- Possibly live coverage
- Cover story 5 raised
- Lacy facial covering
- Transparent face cover
- Broadcast live coverage
- Covering (for the face)
- Cover(ing)
- Cover for face etc
- Symbol of secrecy
- Bridal headwear
- 5 across suggested for Ophelia
- Conceal, screen
- Otherwise live in mask?
- Wedding dress go-with
- It may cover a bride's face
- Shroud
- Obscure valley, by the sound of it
- Keep hidden
- Headwear
- It may conceal an evil manoeuvre
- Bridal shop buy
- Thing on a bride's face
- Yashmak, say
- Prop for a belly dancer
- Bridal covering
- Yashmak, for example
- It may hide the bride
- Mantilla or hijab, e.g.
- Thin disguise?
- Metaphor for secrecy
- Wedding dress headpiece
- Covering often made with bridal illusion tulle
- Hijab, e.g.
- Hijab or litham, e.g.
- Niqab, for example
- Bride's accessory, sometimes
- Cover, in a way
- Salome's dance accessory
- Hijab, for one
- Wedding accessory
- Bridal ___ Falls
- Concealer
- Facial concealer
- Piece of wedding wear
- Accessory for some brides
- Face concealer
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 25, 2025
- LA Times - January 12, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 04, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 03, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 07, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 31, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 25, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - September 15, 2024
- Your Life Choices - September 07, 2024
- LA Times - August 28, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 17, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - August 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 04, 2024
- USA Today - July 31, 2024
- New York Times - July 15, 2024
- Your Life Choices - June 28, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - June 10, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - May 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 23, 2024
- Your Life Choices - March 28, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 06, 2024
- New York Times - February 09, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - January 13, 2024
- New York Times - December 30, 2023
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