# 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:** 128
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2542 "2023-11-22T07:32:58Z")
Clue The English drunk was idle and /hard to understand.(8) The second half is the definition. ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2543 "2023-11-22T13:23:07Z")
ESOTERIC (E + sot + Eric [Idle]) I I thought of Eric Idle but couldn’t get the rest to work without the hint Nice one! +++++ Yarr! Buccaneers go bonkers for traditional Thanksgiving side dish. (9,5) ---
**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:** [November 22, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2544 "2023-11-22T13:45:02Z")
ESOTERIC (E + SOT + ERIC) +++++ Food just might be a bear’s currency. (9, 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:** [November 22, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2545 "2023-11-22T13:46:54Z")
Funny. Great minds think alike. ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2546 "2023-11-22T13:57:29Z")
CRANBERRY SAUCE (two excellent anagrams) +++++ Did Jefferson play this without the full Monti? (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:** [November 22, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2547 "2023-11-22T15:59:36Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Did Jefferson play this without the full Monti? (5) CELLO (Monticello - Monti) * * * Did you hear me? Record a beat for the inverse function to exponentiation! (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:** [November 22, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2548 "2023-11-22T17:19:04Z")
LOGARITHM (sound alike) +++++ Butterfly destroys Roman church (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2549 "2023-11-22T21:03:23Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Butterfly destroys Roman church (7) MONARCH (anagram of Roman+ch) +++++ Controlling and echoing me (9) ---
**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 23, 2023, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2550 "2023-11-23T07:00:47Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Controlling and echoing me (9) HEGEMONIC (anagram) +++++ This guy breaks my religious items with his lotion sacs. (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:** [November 23, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2551 "2023-11-23T19:05:05Z")
I want it to be ICONOCLAST, but I can’t get the anagram to work. ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2552 "2023-11-24T09:39:45Z")
Dammit, only one lotion sac, sorry. Go. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2553 "2023-11-24T13:45:20Z")
ICONOCOAST +++++ Play about Secretariat made denser. (1, 9, 5, 6) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2554 "2023-11-24T15:27:51Z")
ICONOCLAST +++++ Play about Secretariat made denser. (1, 9, 5, 6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2555 "2023-11-24T16:36:48Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Play about Secretariat made denser. (1, 9, 5, 6) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (anagram) +++++ Yellow Submarine’s weapon (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:** [November 25, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2556 "2023-11-25T08:14:53Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Yellow Submarine’s weapon (8) REVOLVER +++++ One-word review of a porn film where a Shakespeare scholar and a sex therapist discuss _The Tempest_ and explore what makes Prospero tick. (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2557 "2023-11-25T11:01:06Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > One-word review of a porn film where a Shakespeare scholar and a sex therapist discuss _The Tempest_ and explore what makes Prospero tick. (6) EROTIC (hidden) +++++ Hang On! I heard Apple is producing a new bike.(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:** [November 25, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2558 "2023-11-25T12:52:24Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Hang On! I heard Apple is producing a new bike.(6) ICICLE (i + 'sickle) * * * Supposedly, Blondie drummer’s son is attending US university. (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:** [November 26, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2559 "2023-11-26T18:53:11Z")
CLEMSON (Clem’s son) +++++ Old one turns head (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:** [November 27, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2560 "2023-11-27T20:45:48Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Old one turns head (6) NOODLE (_old one_ anagram) +++++ How the DJ magically realigned EDM (11) ---
**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:** [November 27, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2561 "2023-11-27T21:49:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How the DJ magically realigned EDM (11) LEGERDEMAIN (anagram) * * * Overwhelm in cancelled meeting. (8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=129)