# 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:** 114
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2262 "2023-07-08T00:09:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I heard Bundy and the Unbreakable Schmidt are getting into protoscience. (7) ALCHEMY (Al+Kimmie) +++++ I got nothing from my large gross anatomy book, except heartburn.(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 8, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2263 "2023-07-08T05:17:52Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > I got nothing from my large gross anatomy book, except heartburn.(7) MYLANTA? (l + anatomy - o) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2264 "2023-07-08T08:13:08Z")
Nice. Thought that one would take longer to solve. ---
**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 8, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2265 "2023-07-08T13:43:13Z")
I wasn’t sure because there wasn’t anything indicating medicine. Heartburn is what Mylanta treats, so ok. Ants are mingling in the heart of the scorpion. (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 10, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2266 "2023-07-10T18:56:37Z")
Antares (ANT + ARE + S) +++++ Remaining kettles go back to where nature’s call is answered (4,4) ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2267 "2023-07-11T02:03:16Z")
Actually, it’s an anagram of “Ants are.” “Heart of the Scorpion” is another name for Antares. But still correct. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2268 "2023-07-11T11:37:31Z")
Remaining kettles go back to where nature’s call is answered (4,4) REST STOP (REST + POTS backwards) +++++ Giving mobile phone and extra data. (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:** [July 11, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2269 "2023-07-11T19:05:13Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Giving mobile phone and extra data. (10) OPENHANDED (phone + and + e + d) * * * I bleed horribly. Insert tube, then take care of co-pay. (10) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2270 "2023-07-11T23:13:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I bleed horribly. Insert tube, then take care of co-pay. (10) DEDUCTIBLE (anagram ibleed+duct) +++++ The French ban on this country was baloney.(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 12, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2271 "2023-07-12T02:15:44Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > The French ban on this country was baloney.(7) LEBANON (le + ban + on) * * * She will nag into noon about all 9 sides. (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 12, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2272 "2023-07-12T13:04:21Z")
Nonagon +++++ No option is flawed or perfect (2,5) ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2273 "2023-07-13T22:17:31Z")
Is it ‘on point’? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2274 "2023-07-14T00:19:38Z")
Is it ‘on point’? I am sure that is it. Option around N (no). ---
**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 14, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2275 "2023-07-14T01:47:56Z")
On point is on point 👍 ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2276 "2023-07-14T20:08:55Z")
ON POINT * * * Endless interest in tidal gap filling (12) ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2277 "2023-07-16T19:59:43Z")
Would you like a 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:** [July 16, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2278 "2023-07-16T22:57:57Z")
please. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2279 "2023-07-17T08:54:17Z")
It’s an obscure word. I’ll give some crossing letters like you might get in a real crossword: 3rd letter t 6th letter s 12th letter l ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2280 "2023-07-17T12:23:43Z")
INTERSTITIAL (interest in tidal - end) ++++ Selflessness rings of 100% bromide (8) ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2281 "2023-07-17T22:38:44Z")
ALTRUISM (al + truism) * * * We go round it quietly after dancers bury lumber (8,4) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=115)