% replaces any number of letters (la% - lake, lamp)_ replaces one letter (ca_ - car, cat)

Other crossword clues for answer "COVERUP"

COVERUP
*Loose outer garment
Whitewash
Hide
*Conceal
*Scandal management ploy
Watergate subterfuge
Conceal, as misdeeds
Exposé topic
Investigation revelation
Hide, as evidence.
Relative of a whitewash
Scandal subterfuge
*Scandal damage control
Part of many a scandal
The scandal of Watergate, essentially
Part of a 1-Across scandal - and what the constructor did throughout this puzzle
Illegal concealment ... and a hint to ten Across answers in this puzzle
Crisis management ploy