# 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:** 122
**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:** [September 27, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2422 "2023-09-27T11:48:38Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I hoid dat guy swindles 'em for chalk. (6) Love this one! > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > As emerald crumbles, Quasimodo’s love emerges. (9) ESMERALDA (as emerald\*) +++++ Death of union results in affair (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2423 "2023-09-27T23:16:25Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Death of union results in affair (9) DALLIANCE (D+alliance) ++++ Placed hoop awkwardly on an octopus.(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:** [September 28, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2424 "2023-09-28T02:22:24Z")
Placed hoop awkwardly on an octopus.(10) CEPHALOPOD (Placed hoop\*) +++++ Cathedral’s cook baked a dove food. (4, 10) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2425 "2023-09-28T06:40:19Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Cathedral’s cook baked a dove food. (4, 10) DARK CHOCOLATE (anagram) +++++ Tennessee Crossword Solvers kept a tight grip on the vowels.(9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2426 "2023-09-30T12:11:40Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Tennessee Crossword Solvers kept a tight grip on the vowels.(9) hint: Tennessee Crossword Solvers held ALL of the vowels tightly.(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:** [September 30, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2427 "2023-09-30T16:45:48Z")
TENACIOUS (TN + C + S + AEIOU) +++++++ Routers are not reprogrammed, so they get the heave ho. (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:** [October 3, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2428 "2023-10-03T01:33:29Z")
Hint: Routers are not = puzzle part Reprogrammed = puzzle type The heave ho = solution synonym ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2429 "2023-10-03T17:37:38Z")
OUSTER? (anagram of routers minus R (“are not”)). I’m not sure because I feel “ousted” fits “the heave ho” a bit better. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2430 "2023-10-03T21:13:08Z")
OUSTER is correct. My thinking is they are both nouns that have enough of a same meaning to be synonymous. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2023, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2431 "2023-10-04T08:36:29Z")
Fair enough, thanks. +++++ Fix mother’s part - what a hassle (9) ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2432 "2023-10-06T14:02:22Z")
Hint: the overlap here is just the R. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2433 "2023-10-07T01:39:57Z")
Over the past 48 hours I’ve been contemplating the permutations of “mother’s part” far more than I ever wanted to. Perhaps another hint? Puzzle type? Puzzle words? (Just please don’t say it’s _those_ words!) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2434 "2023-10-07T13:38:59Z")
Fix mother’s part - what a hassle (9) RIGMAROLE (rig + ma + role) * * * Suzanne Singer experimentally cloned a heron. (7, 5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2435 "2023-10-07T20:50:23Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Suzanne Singer experimentally cloned a heron. (7, 5) LEONARD COHEN (anagram) +++++ The leader of Oslo was consumed by jealousy of the diplomat.(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:** [October 7, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2436 "2023-10-07T21:41:41Z")
ENVOY (envy with O inserted) +++++ I see what you did there, and I liked it! (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2437 "2023-10-08T03:20:26Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I see what you did there, and I liked it! (6) VOYEUR (double meaning) ++++ The representative from Rhode Island scolded ones from Maine and North Dakota.(9) ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2438 "2023-10-08T06:22:34Z")
REPRIMAND (rep + RI + MA + ND, though isn’t it Massachusetts rather than Maine?) +++++ Jaundice loses its cool, confused for spicy sausage (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:** [October 10, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2439 "2023-10-10T04:21:18Z")
Jaundice loses its cool, confused for spicy sausage (5) NDUJA (Jaund\* - ice) +++++ US president preserves midseason form. (5, 7) ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2440 "2023-10-10T08:21:11Z")
JAMES MADISON (“preserves” = jam, plus anagram of midseason) +++++ Direction for nurse? (6) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2441 "2023-10-10T08:24:35Z")
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