# 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:** 109
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2162 "2023-05-29T04:56:44Z")
There’s a pun in the 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 29, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2163 "2023-05-29T12:38:06Z")
Romaine? (Lettuce?) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2164 "2023-05-29T19:46:38Z")
Correct. You’re up Biotop. ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2165 "2023-05-30T11:28:14Z")
Location of Mount Everest plane crash. (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:** [May 31, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2166 "2023-05-31T00:53:30Z")
Nepal (plane) ++++++ Pony trips up on the main loop (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 31, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2167 "2023-05-31T02:18:53Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Pony trips up on the main loop (8) PALOMINO (anagram) * * * Allegedly, 60 seconds are what it took for the half-bull. ---
**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 31, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2168 "2023-05-31T12:39:41Z")
Minotaur (“minute” + _half_ of Taurus)? ---
**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 31, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2169 "2023-05-31T12:45:51Z")
I am thinking “minute + are” but I think you got it Oly. ---
**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 31, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2170 "2023-05-31T20:54:21Z")
(minute + are) homophone, so Oly wins. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2171 "2023-06-01T01:26:46Z")
Oppidan headgear does not fit to a T (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:** [June 1, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2172 "2023-06-01T07:59:23Z")
URBAN (turban minus the t) +++++ Group heard no longer here (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:** [June 1, 2023, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2173 "2023-06-01T10:28:09Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Group heard no longer here (6) BANNED (band soundalike) * * * Hear that? Short Edward, a bull, is scrounging for something to eat. (6) ---
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2174 "2023-06-01T11:15:53Z")
EDIBLE (homophone for Ed, a Bull) +++++ Uncle Murray likes to move it, move it. (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:** [June 2, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2175 "2023-06-02T21:01:09Z")
LEMUR (from Unc **le Mur** ray - in the film _Madagascar_ the lemurs danced to that song) +++++ Lost city function is bearlike (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:** [June 3, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2176 "2023-06-03T01:11:12Z")
Ursine (Ur + sine) +++++ _Scream_er is no night before silly acting ringer (4,8) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2177 "2023-06-03T01:12:29Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Lost city function is bearlike (6) URSINE (Ur + sine) * * * Despite the tumult, I retain the direction I meant to go all along. (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:** [June 3, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2178 "2023-06-03T01:33:48Z")
🤔 I posted after you, but my post is posted before yours. Cryptic indeed. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2179 "2023-06-03T08:39:24Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Ursine (Ur + sine) > > +++++ > > _Scream_er is no night before silly acting ringer (4,8) NEVE CAMPBELL (n + eve + camp + bell) > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Despite the tumult, I retain the direction I meant to go all along. (7) INERTIA (anagram of “I retain”) +++++ This isn’t a normal cryptic clue, but ties in with the above: Democrat president '65 to '69, during controversial war that still has repercussions today (6, 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:** [June 3, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2180 "2023-06-03T17:08:11Z")
Who is _Lyndon Johnson_? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2181 "2023-06-03T21:50:51Z")
Correct, but my intention was for “Andrew Johnson” to also work, thus overlapping with “inertia”. Anyway, you can play off my Johnson. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=110)