Obscure
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

DIM
Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

FOG
Confusion characterized by lack of clarity

4 letters

DARK
An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"

VEIL
A garment that covers the head and face

HIDE
Body covering of a living animal

MIST
Spray finely or cover with mist

BLUR
A hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"

MASK
Activity that tries to conceal something; "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship"

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BLEAR
Make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision"

SHADE
Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight; "they used umbrellas as shades"; "as the sun moved he readjusted the shade"

BEDIM
Make darker and difficult to perceive by sight

BEFOG
Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

VAGUE
Not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke

CLOUD
A group of many things in the air or on the ground; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"

APART
Not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"

MURKY
Dark or gloomy; "a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps"

6 letters

REMOTE
A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV"

HIDDEN
Designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk"

OPAQUE
Not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"

DARKEN
Tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"

UNSUNG
Having value that is not acknowledged

ARCANE
Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge; "the arcane science of dowsing"

NONAME

CLOUDY
Lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"

7 letters

UNCLEAR
Not easily deciphered; "indecipherable handwriting"

CONCEAL
Prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"

BLOTOUT
Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

ECLIPSE
One celestial body obscures another

SHADOWY
Filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"

BECLOUD
Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

CRYPTIC
Having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"

CONFUSE
Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

UNKNOWN
Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

8 letters

HAZEOVER
Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"

ISOLATED
Not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"

ABSTRUSE
Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"

ESOTERIC
Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"

PUZZLING
Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"

9 letters

AMBIGUOUS
Having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"

RECONDITE
Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"

ENIGMATIC
Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"

OVERCLOUD
Become covered with clouds; "The sky clouded over"

10 letters

OBLITERATE
Reduced to nothingness

OBNUBILATE
Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

INDISTINCT
Not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

12 letters

UNNOTICEABLE
Not drawing attention; "an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet"; "an obscure flaw"

13 letters

INSIGNIFICANT
Of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

17 letters

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