# 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:** 124
**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:** [October 20, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2462 "2023-10-20T07:22:30Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Messed up the solo when singing this country’s anthem? (7) LESOTHO (“the solo” anagram) * * * God in myth has an ache and lisps. (4) ---
**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 20, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2463 "2023-10-20T07:44:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > God in myth has an ache and lisps. (4) THOR +++++ If you avoid going south, you can find a plain in New York inroads. (8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2464 "2023-10-20T08:18:56Z")
The answer appears to be ORDINARY, but can’t get the clue to fit (NY+inroads-S) ---
**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 20, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2465 "2023-10-20T08:26:31Z")
Ordinary = plain. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2466 "2023-10-20T21:43:50Z")
I carry obituaries around of people killed by power tools.(5) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2467 "2023-10-21T01:13:53Z")
RYOBI (hidden word) I used to operate a Ryobi printing press. * * * A sonic blur can be reconfigured into a visual aid. (10) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2468 "2023-10-21T03:36:53Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > A sonic blur can be reconfigured into a visual aid. (10) BINOCULARS (anagram) +++++ My horse drinks one pilsner on Wednesday.(8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2469 "2023-10-23T02:40:05Z")
New clue: Wednesday’s horse gets wrecked on one pilsner.(8) ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2470 "2023-10-24T00:15:43Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Wednesday’s horse gets wrecked on one pilsner.(8) SLEIPNIR (Odin’s [-\> Wotan → mythological namesake of Wednesday] eight-legged horse) Anagram of PILSNER + I +++++ Kurt Cobain’s in Paradise (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:** [October 24, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2471 "2023-10-24T00:48:50Z")
NIRVANA +++++ Are Japanese graphic novels a scrambled word puzzle? (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2472 "2023-10-24T09:58:00Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Are Japanese graphic novels a scrambled word puzzle? (7) ANAGRAM (anagram of R+manga+A) ++++++ Woolly mammoth was in a nasty mood and I don’t know why.(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:** [October 24, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2473 "2023-10-24T16:38:29Z")
MASTADON (nasty mood -y) +++++ Dunkin’ makes my hound stop (5,4) ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2474 "2023-10-24T21:21:46Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > MASTADON Spelling nitpick: mastodon fits the anagram better 🙂. > [@Oly](#): > > Dunkin’ makes my hound stop (5,4) DONUT SHOP (hound stop\*) +++++ You call that music? It sounds like something I’d shout at my cat! (4) ---
**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 25, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2475 "2023-10-25T01:30:20Z")
Surely you can’t be invoking _Life Is Life (na na na na na)_ OPUS (Oh, Pus!)?! Although the “You call that music” part makes me think you just might be! ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2476 "2023-10-25T16:42:13Z")
Off OPUS Floyd’s ditty heard in the bayous and the marshes (2,3,4) ---
**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 25, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2477 "2023-10-25T20:26:06Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Floyd’s ditty heard in the bayous and the marshes (2,3,4) US AND THEM (hidden phrase) +++++ Famous restaurateur took a nap that gave him a strange dream about a necklace of flowers. (6) ---
**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 25, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2478 "2023-10-25T22:06:55Z")
Your answer is correct, but I was simply aiming for opus = a musical work. ---
**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 26, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2479 "2023-10-26T02:06:13Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Famous restaurateur took a nap that gave him a strange dream about a necklace of flowers. (6) Emeril (REM + lei) +++++ Virtual female companion is sick and against the law (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2480 "2023-10-26T06:42:34Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Virtual female companion is sick and against the law (7) ILLEGAL (ill+E+gal) +++++ A side effect of being both large and small is great generosity.(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:** [October 26, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2481 "2023-10-26T12:41:47Z")
This may be a stretch, but I’ll hazard LARGESSE = LARGE + S (for small) + SE (for side effect) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=125)