# 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:** 130
**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:** [December 9, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2582 "2023-12-09T13:08:31Z")
Alignment? ---
**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:** [December 9, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2583 "2023-12-09T13:12:10Z")
Yup. Go. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2584 "2023-12-09T17:36:41Z")
Treebeard hiss sound inspires bassist. (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:** [December 10, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2585 "2023-12-10T08:06:37Z")
ENTWHISTLE (Ent + whistle) +++++ Pope might have been altogether set to meet, Hun. (2, 3, 3, 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:** [December 10, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2586 "2023-12-10T08:25:32Z")
Missed the edit window: TIL that John Entwistle didn’t use an “H” in his surname. ENTWISTLE Same follow-on clue. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2587 "2023-12-13T03:53:38Z")
Pope might have been altogether set to meet, Hun. ST LEO THE GREAT (altogether set\*) +++++ A circus where a ghost threatens to perform. (3, 8, 4, 2, 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:** [December 13, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2588 "2023-12-13T08:43:58Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > A circus where a ghost threatens to perform. (3, 8, 4, 2, 5) THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH +++++ You _better_ cross your heart! (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2589 "2023-12-13T11:11:42Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > You _better_ cross your heart! (6) THREAT (T+heart) ++++++ Rebuilt atrium is serving dessert.(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:** [December 13, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2590 "2023-12-13T11:45:17Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Rebuilt atrium is serving dessert.(8) TIRAMASU (anagram) * * * Excellent dialogue is shrunk and moved up. (11) ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2591 "2023-12-14T02:43:22Z")
Superceding? ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2592 "2023-12-14T06:26:33Z")
I’m stumped on the follow-on clue, but I can’t resist a spelling correction: TIRAMISU. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2593 "2023-12-14T12:04:59Z")
The “Super” part is correct. The overlap still works despite my misspelling. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2594 "2023-12-14T12:23:59Z")
Hint The answer is a feature of typography ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2595 "2023-12-14T14:08:16Z")
SUPERSCRIPT ++++ Winged finger entombed at old Eastern crypt (11) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2596 "2023-12-14T17:01:46Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Winged finger entombed at old Eastern crypt (11) PTERODACTYL (anagram) ++++++ Hidden in the Book of Revelations (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:** [December 15, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2597 "2023-12-15T20:37:45Z")
Latent? ---
**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:** [December 15, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2598 "2023-12-15T22:46:17Z")
I am sure that’s it because the Book of Revelations is late in the NT (New Testament). ---
**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:** [December 16, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2599 "2023-12-16T02:22:22Z")
In lieu of a rebuttal, I’ll go with it. Off LATENT: Sycophants in essence reinvent our age. (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2600 "2023-12-16T06:07:32Z")
Thanks for the breakdown Biotop! > [@Oly](#): > > Sycophants in essence reinvent our age. (9) ENTOURAGE (hidden) +++++ FBI member didn’t start talking to the district attorney until it fit into his schedule.(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:** [December 16, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2601 "2023-12-16T11:48:47Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > FBI member didn’t start talking to the district attorney until it fit into his schedule.(6) AGENDA (agent - t + DA) * * * Reindeer only uses “T” in Morse Code. (6) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=129) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=131)