Gets ready to yell "Surprise!," perhaps Crossword Clue

• Stashes

  New York Times · Saturday, August 2, 2025 · 5 letters

• Tries not to be found

  New York Times · Tuesday, March 12, 2024 · 5 letters

• Camouflages

  New York Times · Thursday, December 21, 2023 · 5 letters

• Prepares for a surprise party

  New York Times · Saturday, May 6, 2023 · 5 letters

• Goes underground

  New York Times · Thursday, September 30, 2021 · 5 letters

• Tannery stock

  New York Times · Sunday, August 12, 2018 · 5 letters

• Screens

  New York Times · Friday, August 10, 2012 · 5 letters

• Makes scarce

  New York Times · Friday, July 31, 2009 · 5 letters

• Trapper's stock

  New York Times · Saturday, March 25, 2006 · 5 letters

• Pelts

  New York Times · Sunday, August 4, 2002 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 31-Across Silicon Valley city whose name translates to "tall stick"
• 31-Down Shawarma holders
• 32-Down Guinness of "Star Wars"
• 33-Across "You just blew my mind," using a modern spelling
• 34-Across Word after G or e
• 35-Down Grasshoppers' foes in "A Bug's Life"
• 37-Across Stable temperament
• 38-Down General feeling
• 39-Down "Hard pass"
• 40-Across Pioneer in arcade games
• 40-Down Word in the name of many design colleges
• 41-Down "So adorbs!"