# 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:** 125
**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 26, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2482 "2023-10-26T13:36:38Z")
I think that’s it, definitely better than my guess of “altruism” which I couldn’t get to work at all! ---
**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, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2483 "2023-10-26T22:52:08Z")
Correct. You’re up, Oly. ---
**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, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2484 "2023-10-26T23:05:15Z")
Off LARGESSE Director demands no eel in orgies (6,5) ---
**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 27, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2485 "2023-10-27T11:50:41Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Director demands no eel in orgies (6,5) SERGIO LEONE (“no eel”, “orgies” anagram) +++++ Native American flatware (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 27, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2486 "2023-10-27T12:52:39Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > SERGIO LEONE (“no eel”, “orgies” anagram) Nitpick of answer explanation: I was going for “no” = O and “in” = N, which wouldn’t have a filler word in the puzzle part, but it all ends up the same. +++++ Current puzzle: ONEIDA (double meaning) +++++ Panda daddy depicted in avent-garde art (4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2487 "2023-10-28T15:59:39Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Panda daddy depicted in avent-garde art (4) DADA (post-WW1 avant-garde art movement) ++++ A brief fling led the Democrat to join a union.(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:** [October 28, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2488 "2023-10-28T17:12:24Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > A brief fling led the Democrat to join a union.(9) DALLIANCE (d + alliance) * * * Ms. Heche’s curve elm supposedly clues to her lineage. (8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2489 "2023-10-29T05:53:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Ms. Heche’s curve elm supposedly clues to her lineage. (8) ANCESTRY (Ann’s+S+tree) +++++ Yes, I initially tried the day before but now I’m not ready.(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 31, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2490 "2023-10-31T00:51:43Z")
YESTERDAY (yes + first initial of tried + anagram of ready) +++++ Driver could be any star confused with none (6, 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:** [October 31, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2491 "2023-10-31T02:11:00Z")
Ayrton Senna (anagram any star, none) ++++ Vulgar saint surrounded by denial (5) ---
**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 31, 2023, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2492 "2023-10-31T09:00:23Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Vulgar saint surrounded by denial (5) NASTY (NAY + ST) +++++ Austrian hat is ornately ornate. (8) ---
**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 31, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2493 "2023-10-31T10:32:55Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Austrian hat is ornately ornate. (8) TYROLEAN (anagram) * * * German gleefully hides director. (3, 3) ---
**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 31, 2023, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2494 "2023-10-31T10:34:54Z")
ANG LEE (hidden in “German gleefully”) +++++ Sounds like an electric vehicle type? (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 31, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2495 "2023-10-31T17:21:44Z")
Elite? ---
**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 31, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2496 "2023-10-31T17:58:39Z")
Maybe this one was too cryptic (or wrong audience, I suppose). Hint: Pokemon ---
**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 31, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2497 "2023-10-31T21:29:03Z")
Eevee +++++ Creepy canal (5) ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2498 "2023-11-01T08:26:12Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Creepy canal (5) EERIE (homophone) +++++ I wager it would make a canal creepy. (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:** [November 1, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2499 "2023-11-01T12:46:06Z")
EARWIG (anagram I wager). Clever clue and nice follow on! +++++ Idiots rendered in origami. (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:** [November 1, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2500 "2023-11-01T14:24:08Z")
IGNORAMI (almost an anagram of “in origami”) +++++ Going for an average walk is novel (11) ---
**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:** [November 2, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2501 "2023-11-02T12:55:37Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > (almost an anagram of “in origami”) **Oly** will often use the word “in” to represent the letter “N.” > [@](#): > > Going for an average walk is novel (11) MIDDLEMARCH +++++ When she interprets tunes, each one shows who she is. (9) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=124) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=126)