The groups and connections are of an OK quality, but the allowed keyword answers could be much more comprehensive. For instance "undress" for the skin/bare/strip/expose group or "covering" for the rind/hide/peel/coat group should be OK, shouldn't they? I try not to get hung up on whether or not I get full marks from the system, but a few broader keywords for each category would give many more people a feeling of winning.

I agree ALL connections are very poorly defined.

thanks for the feedback- my first grid. tricky to think of all answers people will give.

agreed need more leeway in groups otherwise good for first go.

Nice cross-connections and definitions. I wasted a lot of time looking for anagrams etc. Crafty.