The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word VEIL
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More clues leading to the result VEIL
- This conceals sound from valley
- Conceal very ugly lie
- Dancing characters in the middle of silver screen
- Cover very expensive in lace originally
- Very inaccurate story about religious coverage
- Otherwise live in mask?
- Broadcast live
- Very short story brought back for screen
- Curtain evidentially drawn out at intervals
- Screen showing part of festive illuminations
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What does VEIL mean?
VEIL noun- Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
- The calyptra of mosses.
- A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
- A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
- Velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
- A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
- An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
- To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
- To conceal as with a veil.