Possible Clues:

• Removed pelt
• Scraped, as an 18-Down
• Flayed having transgressed, crossing king
• Stripped for king — was lustful as cover?
• Without the peel
• Removed the outer covering
• Lacking a cover
• Took pelt from (an animal)
• Put on outer cover or removed outer cover
• In need of a Band-Aid, say