hidden

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   past participle of hide

2. 2

   Located or positioned out of sight

   Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.

   • hidden treasure; hidden talents
   • It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood.
   • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
3. 3

   Obscure.

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   1. 4

      A hidden answer clue

      A hidden answer clue; one in which the letters of the solution appear consecutively in the wordplay.

      • Hiddens are indicated thus; (e.g.) Grow (maraudinG ROWdies).
      • The two types of clue which everyone should aim to solve at first reading are anagrams and hiddens.
      • 16 of the 30 clues in this puzzle are hiddens; these are asterisked.
   2. 5

      A surname.

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• synonymcovered
• synonymconcealed
• synonymdark
• synonymdern
• synonymhidden
• synonyminvisible
• synonyminward
• synonymlatent
• synonymnondisplayed
• synonymobfuscated
• synonymobfuscatory
• synonymobscure
• antonymapparent
• antonymopen
• antonymovert
• antonymvisible
• neighborcrypto-
• neighborhide
• neighborcovert