# Cryptic overlaps **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 25, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983 "2021-06-25T03:30:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/181 "2021-07-22T00:33:12Z")
TINNITUS (8) = tin + nit (tin reversed) + us. I have that. You Is, You Are: Why all this excessive interest? (5) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/182 "2021-07-22T01:21:08Z")
You Is, You Are: Why all this excessive interest? (5) USARY (U +S + A +R + Y [NICE!]) +++++ University of Texas treasury head in foreign bakery for a dairy product (3, 6) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/183 "2021-07-22T02:01:52Z")
YAK BUTTER (bakery + U + T + T) Robot title in a hill (10) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/184 "2021-07-22T02:51:55Z")
Robot title in a hill (10) TERMINATOR (TERM + IN + A + TOR) +++++++++ Where to play while triceratops rampages around Hilton Head? (9, 3) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/185 "2021-07-22T11:14:59Z")
ORCHESTRA PIT (triceratops + h) đź‘Ź That one was fun! South Pacific island known for stone on stone pile (8) ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/186 "2021-07-22T12:35:47Z")
Pitcairn (pit + cairn) * * * Relative hearing of French town (5) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/187 "2021-07-22T14:41:10Z")
Niece (double meaning) VIP loses fifth for speed (8) ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/188 "2021-07-22T15:13:13Z")
Celerity (celebrity - b) * * * End of aileron trails tea company aircraft (7) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/189 "2021-07-23T00:07:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Niece (double meaning) Not double definition; it’s a homophone. The French town is “Nice”, prounounced as “niece”. The signal clue that it’s a homophone answer is “hearing”. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/190 "2021-07-23T00:24:14Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > End of aileron trails tea company aircraft (7) Typhoon (TYPHOO + N) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A rodent of unusual size is initially burdensome (7) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/191 "2021-07-23T01:04:00Z")
A rodent of unusual size is initially burdensome (7) ONEROUS (One + r + o + u + s) +++++ Stirred cream soured (6) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/192 "2021-07-23T01:30:48Z")
disregard ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/193 "2021-07-23T09:07:23Z")
ROUSED (anagram of soured) * * * Training Teacher’s Assistant with unicode converter (9) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/194 "2021-07-23T16:30:56Z")
Training Teacher’s Assistant with unicode converter (9) EDUCATION ( unicode + TA - anagram) +++++ Commencement notes misplaced (5) ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/195 "2021-07-23T17:29:28Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Commencement notes misplaced (5) Onset +++++++ Struggling with seething lusts for Elizabeth The First (6) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/196 "2021-07-23T19:05:32Z")
TUSSLE (lusts + e) I heard there’s an order to destroy Mrs. Beast’s Christmas items (6, 5) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/197 "2021-07-24T05:54:47Z")
I heard there’s an order to destroy Mrs. Beast’s Christmas items (6, 5) Sleigh Bells (“Slay Belle’s” homophone) +++++ Wrongdoing possibly works. I’m producing a success/failure prediction that could go either way (4, 2, 4) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/198 "2021-07-24T10:41:35Z")
SINK OR SWIM (sin + works + I’m) Constructing the edge of Inuit home turned out to be really confusing and complex. (9) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/199 "2021-07-24T15:33:59Z")
Constructing the edge of Inuit home turned out to be really confusing and complex. (9) IMBROGLIO (brim/igloo anagram) ++++ Biggest.part on hairless lunatic (5, 5) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/200 "2021-07-24T20:59:13Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Biggest.part on hairless lunatic (5, 5) LIONS SHARE (on hairless anagram) Edward (in French) backpedals about TV show (3, 5) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=11)