- HID
- Played sardines, maybe
- Concealed
- Secreted
- Stored under the mattress
- Tried to elude the Feds, say
- Covered up
- Took cover
- Got under the covers, perhaps
- Stashed
- Stashed away
- Stood behind something
- Went undercover
- Went underground
- Screened
- Played sardines
- Camouflaged
- Damned
- Lay under the bed, say
- Moved under cover
- Lay low
- Went incognito
- Covered oneself
- Evaded capture, in a way
- Palmed, say
- Was covered
- Put out of sight
- Evaded the seeker
- Laid low
- Didn't go seek
- Wasn't the seeker, perhaps
- Ducked the seeker
- Tucked away
- Buried
- Was undercover
- Disguised
- Swept under the rug
- Holed up
- Squirreled away
- Shrouded
- Stayed out of sight
- Kept out of sight
- Got ready to scare the shit out of someone
- Prepared to be highly sought after?
- Sought anonymity
- Got out of the open
- Awaited the surprise party honoree
- Got behind something, maybe
- Kept under wraps
- Ducked down, say
- Kept secret
- Got ready for the surprise party surprise
- Made oneself scarce
- Put in a secret place
- Put away
- Waited to be found, maybe
- Crouched behind a boulder
- Ducked out of sight
- Didn't divulge
- Stowed away
- Kept a low profile
- Wasn't out there
- Masked
- Concealed oneself
- Veiled
- Didn't show
- Became scarce?
- Was in a blind
- Shielded
- Stayed in the closet, perhaps
- Was out of sight?
- Cached.
- Lay doggo.
- Turned away.
- Under cover.
- Sheltered.
- Covered
- Kept under cover
- Played a child's game
- . . . murder cannot be ___ long: Shak.
- Lay doggo, in London
- Obscured
- Out of sight
- Eclipsed
- Withheld
- Crawled under the bed, say
- Shaded
- Wasn't a seeker?
- Put under wraps
- Blocked from view
- Placed so as not to be found
- Prepared for a surprise party, in a way
- Didn't seek, say
- Redacted, say
- Swept under the rug, say
- Cloaked
- Enshrouded
- Took a hiatus from stardom
- What underage kid did in the show crowd
- Covered in camouflage, say
- Went into witness protection
- Found a safe house
- Covered one's tracks
- Risked capture, say
- Got behind something
- Prepared for a surprise party's big moment
- Stashed away from view
- Was "it" in a game of "Sardines"
- Went into seclusion
- Prepared to be sought
- Wasn't the seeker, in a game
- Ducked the seeker, in a game
- Kept away from prying eyes
- Screened from view
- Made difficult to find
- Prepared for a surprise party, say
- Avoided the seeker
- With 34-, 36- and 37-Across, ulterior motive ... or a hint to the word concealed in each starred clue's answer
- Got ready for a surprise party
- Found a spot while a seeker counted
- Eluded the seeker
- Got ready for a surprise party's big moment
- Moved out of sight
- Stashed in a secret spot
- Stashed secretly
- Eluded "it"
- Buried, maybe
- ****
- Went undercover, maybe
- Tried to conceal
- Wasn't the seeker
- Put behind one's back, say
- Didn't seek
