Possible Clues:

• Some bowling by amateur to cover
• Blanket? No place for lapwing to produce eggs
• "Gray's Anatomy" feature
• Oscar brings father back to put in place cover for surface
• Covering too much, obscuring area
• Spread; put something on top of something else
• Was too prone to apply veneer?
• Cover sweetheart front to back with 'erbage
• Covering too much in article -- the opposite
• Cover