# 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:** 108
**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 13, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2142 "2023-05-13T18:34:20Z")
No love for The Andersons? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2143 "2023-05-14T11:04:08Z")
MINNESOTA WRECKING CREW (Sorry, not a big wrestling fan) +++++ Playing cribbage with Pooh in a hangar.(8) ---
**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 15, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2144 "2023-05-15T16:29:30Z")
I knew about them, but thought you were referencing a band. /smack ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2145 "2023-05-17T12:42:33Z")
Playing cribbage with Pooh where the jets are kept.(8) ---
**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 17, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2146 "2023-05-17T21:25:34Z")
WINNIPEG, I assume? +++++ Jelly without a catch for fat cat (8) ---
**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 19, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2147 "2023-05-19T09:04:49Z")
OK, I admit I thought this might be a tough one. Let’s see if this helps: Jelly without a | catch [synonym - think sports] | for **fat cat** [a fat cat is the word we’re looking for] ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2148 "2023-05-19T15:57:25Z")
GARFIELD (Agar without a; field = catch) ++++ Committed to motoring (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:** [May 19, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2149 "2023-05-19T16:43:34Z")
DRIVEN (double definition) +++++ How to display data, in some circles (4, 7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2150 "2023-05-19T22:48:56Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > How to display data, in some circles (4, 7) VENN DIAGRAM +++++ Run headfirst into a piece of the bulwark.(7) ---
**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 20, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2151 "2023-05-20T17:46:49Z")
Rampart (ram + part) ++++++ A trademark stain made by craftsman. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2152 "2023-05-21T00:56:26Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > A trademark stain made by craftsman. (7) ARTISAN (A+r+stain) +++++ The opposite of Don Bluth’s rats, or so I’ve heard.(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 21, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2153 "2023-05-21T11:07:52Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > The opposite of Don Bluth’s rats, or so I’ve heard.(7) ANTONYM (anti + N.I.M.H.) Such a good movie. I especially liked the scene where Dom Deluise’s crow is being tied down by Auntie Shrew, he tries to sweet-talk his way out of it, and she refuses to listen. * * * Automobile crashed into a personality, inspiring a dance. (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 24, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2154 "2023-05-24T12:45:10Z")
For collaboration: Is the first part of the solution MINI, and the second part an anagram of one of the 4-letter Myers-Briggs personality types, together making the name of a dance? If so, I can’t make it work, but maybe someone else can. ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2155 "2023-05-24T16:19:10Z")
Anagram (synonym for automobile + a + synonym for personality) = a dance that was popular 20 or so years ago ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2156 "2023-05-25T11:50:23Z")
MACARENA (a personality can be a “name”). Would never have got it without help due the non-Ximenean nature of it (i.e. the letters of the anagram not actually being in the clue). +++++ Rarely does virtue initially follow support group, get large boat to reach animal (8) ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2157 "2023-05-25T12:39:19Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Rarely does virtue initially follow support group, get large boat to reach animal (8) AARDVARK (AA + r, d, v + ark) * * * Biker let up, crashing into asteroid ring anyway. (6,4) ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2158 "2023-05-25T14:57:06Z")
Kuiper belt (biker let up) ++++ Attempt to revise lore to make sense is still bull! (2,4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2159 "2023-05-25T20:23:30Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Attempt to revise lore to make sense is still bull! (2,4) EL TORO ++++ Let us not rule out northeastern states.(7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2160 "2023-05-28T14:05:58Z")
Rule out is often shortened to R/O. ---
**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 28, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2161 "2023-05-28T20:21:18Z")
Roanoke RO = rule out (thank you for the hint 😀) AN = answer (what the hell is it!?) OK = Oklahoma (it’s northeast from many parts of New Mexico) E = silent [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=107) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=109)