# 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:** 100
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1982 "2023-03-10T06:38:31Z")
I had assumed we’re looking for an anagram of “I fear filming the” which makes an actress who was in Lost, but even with checking the cast list, I couldn’t make it work. So I could use a hint, unless someone else can make something of that. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1983 "2023-03-10T11:49:42Z")
“Lost” is just the clue that it’s an anagram. The actress in question could have been dead before that show aired. The best I can do is form “Fleming” as one of the names, but that goes nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1984 "2023-03-10T13:20:00Z")
Thank you, I should have thought of that. I did think of “Fleming” too, but one letter short of the surname and I don’t know anyone using that as a first name (no doubt someone has). Anyway, I have it now, thanks to your help: MELANIE GRIFFITH Nice one, Biotop. +++++ Writer cut off after article on Greek hero (7) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1985 "2023-03-10T16:37:32Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Writer cut off after article on Greek hero (7) THESEUS (the + seuss - s) * * * To DJ: You sir, air, or this will be your fault! (4, 5) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1986 "2023-03-11T07:15:19Z")
USER ERROR (sounds like you sir air or) +++++ Name made on mysterious blobs (9) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1987 "2023-03-14T12:48:32Z")
Sorry, this probably wasn’t a very good clue - not enough information. How about this one, for the same word: We hear bellow in his hut from test designer (9) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1988 "2023-03-14T19:19:57Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > We hear bellow in his hut from test designer (9) RORSCHACH (roar + shack) * * * Pretenders number is a changing shift. (5, 4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1989 "2023-03-15T05:45:36Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Pretenders number is a changing shift. (5, 4) CHAIN GANG (anagram) ++++ The top of Brokeback Mountain had an eastern slant.(3,3) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1990 "2023-03-15T12:08:51Z")
ANG LEE (angle + E) +++++ How does Apollo return when tied to the ground? (10) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1991 "2023-03-18T07:08:12Z")
Hint: perhaps by making a great leap from the soil, on its way home? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1992 "2023-03-18T07:55:09Z")
Is the answer EARTHBOUND? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1993 "2023-03-18T15:35:11Z")
Bob Marley feared passing through canals.(10) ---
**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:** [March 18, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1994 "2023-03-18T16:35:24Z")
DREADLOCKS (double def) +++ Hunting trip in Formosa far in the past (6) ---
**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:** [March 18, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1995 "2023-03-18T18:22:35Z")
Hunting trip in Formosa far in the past (6) SAFARI (… Formosa far in…) +++++ Sunrise Kiss by Natty P. Brickman (1983): “Outstanding Debut.” ---
**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:** [March 18, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1996 "2023-03-18T19:05:52Z")
number of letters? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1997 "2023-03-18T19:16:57Z")
Sorry. +++++ Sunrise Kiss by Natty P. Brickman (1983): “Outstanding Debut.” (5, 8) ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1998 "2023-03-20T11:47:45Z")
How about: Sunrise Kiss by Rocky P. Brickman (1983): “Outstanding Debut.” (5, 8) I got the author’s name wrong. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1999 "2023-03-20T12:42:55Z")
It certainly was (apologies for the delay, good on you for carrying on in the meantime). > [@Biotop](#): > > I got the author’s name wrong. 😉 I’m not getting very far with this one - do I take it that “Natty”/“Rocky” is an anagram indicator? Aha, just got it! RISKY BUSINESS (anagram of “Sunrise Kiss by” - I now see the film was the directorial debut of Paul Brickman) - nice one. +++++ German city is the place to eat, locals say (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:** [March 20, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2000 "2023-03-20T15:53:26Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > German city is the place to eat, locals say (5) ESSEN (is + in) * * * Japanese teacher talks about crime ratio. (6) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2001 "2023-03-21T07:30:27Z")
Right answer, wrong reason - “essen” means “to eat” in German. As for yours, I think it may be SENSEI, but I can’t quite see where the ‘crime ratio’ part comes in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=101)