Answer: covert

AnswerCrossword Clue
COVERTSurreptitious
COVERTGame shelter
COVERTHidden
COVERTUnder wraps
COVERTVeiled
COVERTHugger-mugger
COVERTLike C.I.A. operations
COVERTNot apparent
COVERTHidden from view
COVERTWant selfishly
COVERTUnderlying
COVERTKind of action
COVERTBehind-the-scenes
COVERTBehind the scenes
COVERTOn the down-low
COVERTLike cloak-and-dagger operations
covertsecret
covertthicket giving shelter to animals
coverta hiding place
COVERTSecret
COVERTLike a CIA operation
COVERTConcealed
COVERTLike many CIA ops
COVERTHush-hush
COVERTLike a dirty-tricks campaign
COVERTDisguised
COVERTClandestine
COVERTUnderhanded
COVERTLike some operations
COVERTCamouflaged, perhaps
COVERTHardly open
COVERTHidden.
COVERTVeiled.
COVERTShelter for game.
COVERTLair.
COVERTDisguised.
COVERTHiding place for game.
COVERTSecret.