# 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:** 115
**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 21, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2282 "2023-07-21T02:07:41Z")
Maypoles, dead ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2283 "2023-07-21T02:42:52Z")
We go round it quietly after dancers bury lumber (8,4) MULBERRY BUSH ("bury lumber\* + sh) +++++ Author Ron owns dead horse flies. (7, 8) ---
**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 21, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2284 "2023-07-21T23:45:51Z")
Sorry. I cannot count. +++++ Author Ron owns dead horse flies. (8, 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 22, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2285 "2023-07-22T21:53:50Z")
SHERWOOD ANDERSON (anagram of ‘Ron owns dead horse’) * * * Son driving out bee in bonnet uses iambic pentameter (6) ---
**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 22, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2286 "2023-07-22T21:59:13Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > MULBERRY BUSH ("bury lumber\* + sh) Is ‘Here we go round the mulberry bush’ commonly known outside the UK? I was wondering if the reference was too obscure. ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2287 "2023-07-23T16:40:12Z")
Here we go 'round the mulberry bush is well known. > [@DemonTree](#): > > Son driving out bee in bonnet uses iambic pentameter (6) SONNET (bonnet - b + s) +++++ The piano I played came from Addis Ababa. (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:** [July 23, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2288 "2023-07-23T16:49:03Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > The piano I played came from Addis Ababa. (9) ETHIOPIAN (anagram) * * * An idiot arrived in Belgian City. (7) ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2289 "2023-07-23T16:53:16Z")
ANTWERP (AN + TWERP) The mother of the River of the Doctor (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 24, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2290 "2023-07-24T00:51:36Z")
Pond? (assuming this is a Doctor Who reference) ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2291 "2023-07-24T12:54:53Z")
correct ---
**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 25, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2292 "2023-07-25T10:56:46Z")
Building off POND Stale commercial about nymph (5) ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2293 "2023-07-25T11:51:50Z")
Stale commercial about nymph (5) DRYAD: (dry + ad) +++++ Seldom voluntarily or happily braved destruction. (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:** [July 25, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2294 "2023-07-25T17:23:52Z")
ADVERB (3 examples, anagram) * * * As an example of the Mandela Effect, ten bears in mockery. (10) ---
**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 27, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2295 "2023-07-27T03:21:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > As an example of the Mandela Effect, ten bears in mockery. (10) BERENSTAIN (ten bears in\*) +++++ Mob never rioted after Halloween. (8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2296 "2023-07-27T07:03:46Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Mob never rioted after Halloween. (8) NOVEMBER (anagram) +++++ I remember it reached 110 degrees inside the East African country.(7) ---
**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 27, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2297 "2023-07-27T15:10:03Z")
ERITREA (concealed) * * * All, but all, of these confused individuals carried a heavy red cane (4,3,5) ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2298 "2023-07-27T22:18:30Z")
EACH AND EVERY (heavy red cane anagram) * * * Surrender produce (5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2299 "2023-07-27T22:55:42Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Surrender produce (5) YIELD (double meaning) +++++ A disoriented Mr. Radcliffe couldn’t believe what was before his eyes.(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:** [July 28, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2300 "2023-07-28T00:51:21Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > A disoriented Mr. Radcliffe couldn’t believe what was before his eyes.(6) DENIAL (anagram of daniel) * * * Mad mascot love for cream sauce. (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 28, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2301 "2023-07-28T13:12:51Z")
I think it’s ALFREDO, referencing Alfred E. Neuman, but not sure how o fits in. Perhaps half of XO? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=116)