Cover up or gloss over failings (9) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% WHITEWASH Cover up or gloss over failings (9) (9)
8% LIP Spot to gloss over (3) Wall Street Journal Apr 25, 2026
7% ENAMEL Gloss over title defended by the Spanish (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Apr 29, 2026
7% PASS Fail to fail (4) Thomas Joseph Apr 4, 2026
7% SHEEN Gloss (5) Thomas Joseph Mar 21, 2026
7% MASK Cover up (4) New York Times Mini Mar 3, 2026
7% PAINT Girl's covered in gloss, perhaps (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Feb 19, 2026
7% GUILD Reportedly gloss over corporation (5) (5) The Sun Two Speed Feb 9, 2026
6% ISNT Fails to be (4) New York Times Mini May 7, 2026
6% LIPS Places to apply gloss (4) USA Today May 7, 2026
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