| WHEREAS | Was hiding in this place, however |
| CPAS | Filing aids hiding in this puzzle's long answers |
| NBA | Hoops org. hiding in this puzzle's theme answers |
| IPOS | Investment opportunities hiding in this puzzle's long answers |
| APES | They're hiding in this puzzle |
| USC | Trojans hiding in this puzzle |
| RUDOLPH | Colleague of eight others who are hiding in this grid |
| UPHERE | "Psst! I'm hiding in this tree!" |
| ISIS | Egyptian deity hiding in this island (4) |
| ROWS | 2, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17 and 20, for the eight hiding in this grid |
| ALP | European acme, and word hiding in this puzzle's 5 longest answers |
| REISS | Sonia Fowler's beau who was hiding a secret wife in EastEnders (5,7) |
| COLWALL | Sonia Fowler's beau who was hiding a secret wife in EastEnders (5,7) |
| PER | A pop, and what's hiding in this puzzle's four longest answers |
| INSIDETHELINES | Tidy way to color ... and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle? |
| SCALPEL | That rascal Pele was hiding the doctor's knife (7) |
| ROGUE | Hero guessed where villain was hiding (5) |
| ARRAS | Tapestry screen a particular rascal was hiding (5) |
| DIVA | Said Ivan was hiding a prima donna (4) |
| PIPEDUP | Suddenly said irrational youngster was hiding keys |