# 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:** 13
**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 31, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/241 "2021-07-31T14:40:13Z")
Adhesion? ---
**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 31, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/242 "2021-07-31T15:05:35Z")
Addendum? ---
**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 31, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/243 "2021-07-31T15:34:43Z")
That is surely right, Professor. Good job! ---
**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 31, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/244 "2021-07-31T16:14:53Z")
assuming that’s correct… Maud’s disturbing French author (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:** [July 31, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/245 "2021-07-31T17:43:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Addendum? Correct indeed ---
**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 31, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/246 "2021-07-31T18:27:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Maud’s disturbing French author (5) Dumas +++++ Sounds like payment rendered in donkeys makes some people feel better (7) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/247 "2021-08-01T04:33:40Z")
never mind ---
**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:** [August 1, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/248 "2021-08-01T05:09:43Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Sounds like payment rendered in donkeys makes some people feel better (7) I don’t want to stall the game, and my clue may not be in standard format. Here’s a different clue with the same solution: Donkey’s hourly pay sounds reassuring (7). ---
**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:** [August 1, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/249 "2021-08-01T05:41:31Z")
Sounds like payment rendered in donkeys makes some people feel better (7) ASSUAGE (ass wage) ++++++ Wise up from massaging a cute leg (3, 1, 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:** [August 1, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/250 "2021-08-01T11:09:11Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Wise up from massaging a cute leg (3, 1, 4) GET A CLUE (a cute leg anagram) Damn, chemo really messed up sidekick (2, 7) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/251 "2021-08-01T16:23:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Damn, chemo really messed up sidekick (2, 7) Ed McMahon +++++ Macca said that this one became a legend of the silver screen. Counterfeit (i.e., phoney)! (5, 3) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/252 "2021-08-01T17:06:04Z")
HONEY PIE (anagram of i.e. phoney) ++++ Runs through random recipes (7) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/253 "2021-08-01T18:39:48Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Runs through random recipes (7) PIERCES (recipes) Southeast Conference reverses and circles back around sewage (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:** [August 1, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/254 "2021-08-01T19:19:54Z")
Southeast Conference reverses and circles back around sewage (8) CESSPOOL (sec backwards + loops backwards) * * * Fruit takes right turn for orphan (6, 5) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/255 "2021-08-01T21:27:10Z")
OLIVER TWIST (Olive + R + Twist) Wit arise as a twisted flower (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:** [August 1, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/256 "2021-08-01T22:06:57Z")
WISTERIA (anagram of wit arise) * * * I am born in character; held a measuring device for verse. (6, 10) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/257 "2021-08-02T02:31:19Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > I am born in character; held a measuring device for verse. (6, 10) IAMBIC PENTAMETER ( I+am+b+i+c+pent+a+meter) * * * I carried Eve’s trash for CBS reporter (4, 12) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/258 "2021-08-02T05:19:28Z")
I carried Eve’s trash for CBS reporter (4, 12) Eric Sevareid [Anagram of “I carried Eve’s” and assuming (4, 8) not (4, 12)] +++++ Kooky dictionary is flawed, needing to add “C” (13) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/259 "2021-08-02T10:07:51Z")
IDEOSYNCRATIC (anagram of dictionary is + c) * * * Archetypal one hundred and one doubled back around Ontario (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:** [August 2, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/260 "2021-08-02T11:19:20Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Archetypal one hundred and one doubled back around Ontario (6) ICONIC (CI reversed + ON + CI reversed) Sonic tussle contains stress (5) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=14)