# 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:** 106
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2102 "2023-04-25T12:57:45Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Duh - I knew that, just completely failed to pick up on “wouldn’t sound” in the clue - thanks! Ditto, accompanied by forehead slap ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2103 "2023-04-25T17:48:53Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Yet always the greater (12) Nevertheless +++++ Wacky news had me in stitches (4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2104 "2023-04-25T22:02:23Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Wacky news had me in stitches (4) SEWN (anagram) +++++ She had a new guy out west running around in a pleather jacket.(9) ---
**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:** [April 25, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2105 "2023-04-25T22:27:46Z")
Naugahyde (had a new guy - W) ++++ Absolutely determined to be one of the “necro riche”? (4,3) ---
**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:** [April 26, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2106 "2023-04-26T01:50:58Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Absolutely determined to be one of the “necro riche”? (4,3) DEAD SET (double meaning) * * * You’re involving her in this belief about device connectors. (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:** [April 27, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2107 "2023-04-27T02:59:43Z")
You’re involving her in this belief about device connectors. (8) ETHERNET (“Her” / “tenet” anagram) +++++ Mock Turtle’s assorted pastries (7, 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:** [April 30, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2108 "2023-04-30T19:08:10Z")
We don’t need a hint for this one, do we? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2109 "2023-04-30T22:18:03Z")
I prefer to refer to it as a supplementary clue. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2110 "2023-05-01T01:44:16Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Mock Turtle’s assorted pastries (7, 8) Mock Turtle’s assorted breakfast pastries. (7, 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:** [May 1, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2111 "2023-05-01T18:25:08Z")
Sigh. Mock Turtle’s assorted Pillsbury breakfast pastries. (7, 8) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2112 "2023-05-01T18:38:48Z")
Oh, sorry. TOASTER STRUDELS (anagram of TURTLE’S and ASSORTED) +++++ Bare-bones ancient Greek (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:** [May 2, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2113 "2023-05-02T00:03:29Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Bare-bones ancient Greek (7) SPARTAN (double meaning) * * * See that tan door? I found an Indian chicken dish inside. (8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2114 "2023-05-02T08:43:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > See that tan door? I found an Indian chicken dish inside. (8) TANDOORI +++++ Mr. Ocasek of The Cars and Tommy of Styx took a ride in an open air cart.(8) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2115 "2023-05-02T12:41:18Z")
Rickshaw ++++ The hum of many things past tense (4) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2116 "2023-05-03T04:11:55Z")
The hum of many things past tense (4) WERE (“whirr”) +++++ A possible location for an elderly mathematician’s esoteric theorems? (4, 4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2117 "2023-05-03T06:22:05Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > A possible location for an elderly mathematician’s esoteric theorems? (4, 4) REST HOME (anagram) ++++ A falling star exploded at a remote location.(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:** [May 3, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2118 "2023-05-03T09:47:47Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > A falling star exploded at a remote location.(6) METEOR (anagram) * * * Old horse retreated into a layered cookie and made spice. (7) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2119 "2023-05-03T10:59:20Z")
OREGANO (nag reversed inside Oreo) +++++ Regardless, only has seating (15) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2120 "2023-05-03T11:04:37Z")
NOTWITHSTANDING Eric Blair would have made a good Doper; he was NOT ‘k with socking. (6) ---
**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:** [May 5, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2121 "2023-05-05T12:41:54Z")
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