The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MANTLE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1957.
Anything that conceals crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MANTLE | 50 % | 6 |
| MASK | 50 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Anything that conceals
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- veil
- mask
- cloak
- screen
- veil of secrecy
- veiled
- clad
- mantle
- kell
- veiling
- accessory
- muffle
Crossword Answer definitions
MANTLE noun- The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
- A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf.
- A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. (Compare mantum.)
- A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
- Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
- The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
- The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
- The zone of hot gases around a flame.
- A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
- The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
- A penstock for a water wheel.
- The cerebral cortex.
- The layer between the Earth's core and crust.
- A mantling.
- To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
- To become covered or concealed.
- To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result MANTLE
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- It's a wrap
- Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey
- Sleeveless cloak
- See 38-Across
- Layer of the earth