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Wicked duke keeps tablet hidden (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

veiled

'hidden' is the definition.
(veiling is a kind of hiding)

'wicked duke keeps tablet' is the wordplay.
'wicked' becomes 'vile' ('vile' can be similar in meaning to 'wicked'**).
'duke' becomes 'd'.
'keeps' is an insertion indicator.
'tablet' becomes 'e' (E can mean ecstasy or an ecstasy tablet).
'vile'+'d'='viled'
'viled' going around 'e' is 'VEILED'.

(Other definitions for veiled that I've seen before include "Partly concealed as with headdress" , "Obscured, hidden" , "Concealed by semi-transparent cloth?" , "Obscured or unclear" , "Thinly covered, face or threat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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