# 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:** 113
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2242 "2023-06-27T06:48:05Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Capital can be made at chickens. (6) ATHENS (at HENS) +±++ Guarantee alternative nutrition (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 27, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2243 "2023-06-27T10:56:43Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Guarantee alternative nutrition (6) ENSURE (double meaning) * * * Ear hurts painfully, like these ducts. (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:** [June 27, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2244 "2023-06-27T11:00:20Z")
Eccles tone, actually - but fair enough! I think Eccles is (just about) in Lancashire. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Ear hurts painfully, like these ducts. (8) URETHRAS (ear hurts\*) +++++ Russian leader cheerleads Russian leader (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:** [June 27, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2245 "2023-06-27T12:42:20Z")
Rasputin (razz Putin) +++++ Hollywood slang for when ten used car salesmen each unload a car (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:** [June 28, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2246 "2023-06-28T15:05:15Z")
Hint: An alternate version could be: Hollywood slang for when 10 salesmen sell a municipality. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2247 "2023-06-29T01:50:43Z")
Was thinking Tinseltown but wasn’t sure how to parse it. ---
**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 29, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2248 "2023-06-29T11:25:17Z")
Likewise with “Intercut.” ---
**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 29, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2249 "2023-06-29T12:38:03Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Was thinking Tinseltown but wasn’t sure how to parse it This is correct. Meant to be a sound alike. The initial clue was intended to evoke “Ten sell ten” as the homophone, which I later thought was a bit of a stretch. So the revised version was “Ten sell town”. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2250 "2023-06-30T04:38:21Z")
Playing off TINSELTOWN +++++ The shell company started in Namibia, then moved on to Utah and Illinois in the US.(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:** [June 30, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2251 "2023-06-30T11:51:05Z")
NAUTILUS (NA + UT + IL + US) +++++ Guide to pronouns (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:** [June 30, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2252 "2023-06-30T13:00:17Z")
Usher (is + her) +++++ Her menu cites mishmash, requires biblical interpretation. (12) ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2253 "2023-06-30T23:31:02Z")
That’s gotta be hermeneutics. (Her menu cites anagram) * * * The classical piano lesson? They changed it. It’s at Carl Mozart’s place. (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:** [July 4, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2254 "2023-07-04T17:48:24Z")
Snotheels (THE LESSON anagram and maybe Carl Mozart’s nickname) ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2255 "2023-07-04T18:06:18Z")
That’s not it. There is an anagram though. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2256 "2023-07-04T18:39:53Z")
Was thinking Salzburg but that’s one letter too few ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2257 "2023-07-05T04:23:41Z")
SCARLATTI (anagram) ++++ I’m not coming back for the Athenian.(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:** [July 5, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2258 "2023-07-05T08:24:01Z")
TIMON (I’m not\*) +++++ Game with 3 cards with composer, for composer (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:** [July 5, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2259 "2023-07-05T20:20:02Z")
Monteverdi (3 Card Monte + (Philippe de) Monte + (Giuseppe) Verdi) ++++ That sound means your toilet will kick the bucket today (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:** [July 7, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2260 "2023-07-07T04:55:16Z")
Ok, how about: That sound means your men’s room toilet will kick the bucket during the day, day after day (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:** [July 7, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2261 "2023-07-07T12:57:58Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > That sound means your men’s room toilet will kick the bucket during the day, day after day (7) DIURNAL (die + urinal) * * * I heard Bundy and the Unbreakable Schmidt are getting into protoscience. (7) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=114)