Answer:

coverup

Answer	Crossword Clue
COVERUP	Whitewash
COVERUP	Hide
COVERUP	Try to keep quiet

COVERUP	Watergate subterfuge
COVERUP	Conceal, as misdeeds
COVERUP	Investigation revelation
COVERUP	Hide, as evidence.
COVERUP	Hide.
COVERUP	Conceal.
COVERUP	Relative of a whitewash
COVERUP	Scandal subterfuge

COVERUP	Crisis management ploy
COVERUP	Part of many a scandal

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.