# 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:** 112
**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 20, 2023, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2222 "2023-06-20T06:08:19Z")
NOSFERATU (\*of nature’s) +++++ Pursuer stumbles but takes the lead (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:** [June 20, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2223 "2023-06-20T10:42:31Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Pursuer stumbles but takes the lead (7) USURPER (anagram) * * * Director Jackson took in frost boundary. (9) ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2224 "2023-06-21T05:59:39Z")
PERIMETER (Peter + rime) Gave back the diaper money (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 21, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2225 "2023-06-21T12:35:48Z")
Repaid (diaper backwards) +++++ I’m telling you, in a perfect world I play cards with Bruce (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:** [June 21, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2226 "2023-06-21T13:36:12Z")
I’m telling you, in a perfect world I play cards with Bruce (7) Ideally (“I deal Lee”) ++++ One dry drunk over there. (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 21, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2227 "2023-06-21T14:49:27Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > One dry drunk over there. (6) YONDER (anagram) * * * That pistol made the silvery fish lose its head and swim in reverse color. (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:** [June 21, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2228 "2023-06-21T18:29:34Z")
DERRINGER (HERRING - H inside RED spelled backwards) +++++ Nation’s secret will anger many (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2229 "2023-06-21T23:55:34Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Nation’s secret will anger many (7) GERMANY (hidden) +++++ Initially, the cockeyed New York senator told a guest many ugly secrets.(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:** [June 22, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2230 "2023-06-22T04:38:14Z")
Nystagmus (first letters) +++++ Wallowing in mire is the celebrity colonel.(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:** [June 23, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2231 "2023-06-23T01:15:49Z")
Wallowing in mire is the celebrity colonel.(7) MUSTARD (MUstarD) +++ Drove about somewhere in Delaware. (5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2232 "2023-06-23T08:10:00Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Drove about somewhere in Delaware. (5) DOVER (anagram) +++++ Honestly, O’Keefe’s group went over it a second time to find the answer.(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 23, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2233 "2023-06-23T21:17:45Z")
Veritas (o **ver it a s** econd)? Seems to work but I’m not sure how O’Keefe fits in. If correct: I am so petty my only limit is infinity (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2234 "2023-06-24T10:40:22Z")
James O’Keefe runs the right wing propaganda group Project Veritas. ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2235 "2023-06-25T00:21:08Z")
Ack! My brain got stuck on Georgia O’Keefe. So off VERITAS: I am so petty my only limit is infinity (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:** [June 26, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2236 "2023-06-26T10:48:24Z")
Does the answer have anything to do with math? ---
**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 26, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2237 "2023-06-26T11:25:36Z")
Yes, it’s ASYMPTOTE (I’m so petty\*) +++++ Motorsport mogul has Lancashire accent? (10) ---
**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 26, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2238 "2023-06-26T14:18:45Z")
I don’t know enough about UK racing or dialects to get this one. ---
**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 26, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2239 "2023-06-26T19:28:36Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Motorsport mogul has Lancashire accent? (10) Ecclestone (Eccleston, Lancashire) +++++ Dithering on defeat is obtuse (4-4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2240 "2023-06-26T23:16:31Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Dithering on defeat is obtuse (4-4) TONE-DEAF (anagram) +++++ Consequences of screwing around at the farm.(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:** [June 27, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2241 "2023-06-27T00:56:17Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Consequences of screwing around at the farm.(9) AFTERMATH (anagram) * * * Capital can be made at chickens. (6) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=113)