# 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:** 131
**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, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2602 "2023-12-16T16:02:22Z")
DASHER (double meaning) +++++ Homies are capable of bravery (7) ---
**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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2603 "2023-12-16T22:59:40Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Homies are capable of bravery (7) HEROISM (homies+R) +++++ He seemed quite pleased with himself after breaking the coffee cups.(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:** [December 17, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2604 "2023-12-17T04:43:18Z")
SMUG (anagram mugs) ++++ Kirk and Olsen discuss exercising joints (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:** [December 17, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2605 "2023-12-17T07:49:51Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Kirk and Olsen discuss exercising joints (4) GYMS (homophone) +++++ Something to calm down a patient who deviates wildly. (8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2606 "2023-12-17T12:37:02Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Something to calm down a patient who deviates wildly. (8) SEDATIVE (anagram) +++++ Something annoying to a vixen.(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 17, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2607 "2023-12-17T19:35:19Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Something annoying to a vixen.(8) VEXATION * * * Train wrecked between blood types in province. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2608 "2023-12-17T23:39:44Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Train wrecked between blood types in province. (7) ONTARIO (anagram of train+oo) +++++ Wild trip from the carnival city to the States.(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:** [December 18, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2609 "2023-12-18T12:36:26Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Wild trip from the carnival city to the States.(7) RIOTOUS (Rio + to + US) * * * For us, her crooner came out of hiding. (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:** [December 18, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2610 "2023-12-18T15:25:08Z")
USHER (US + HER hidden) +++++ They say a woman’s enterprise makes chocolate (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:** [December 19, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2611 "2023-12-19T13:37:38Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > They say a woman’s enterprise makes chocolate (7) HERSHEY (her + she) * * * Electronic Deuterium bloodshed may supposedly identify Lawrence’s wife. (5, 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:** [December 20, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2612 "2023-12-20T12:34:11Z")
Hint Lawrence is his last name. Think lounge singers. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2613 "2023-12-21T02:51:53Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Electronic Deuterium bloodshed may supposedly identify Lawrence’s wife. (5, 5) EYDIE GORMÉ +++++ The Queen’s messenger flew too close to the sun.(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:** [December 22, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2614 "2023-12-22T04:58:22Z")
MERCURY (double meaning) +++++ X-mas cake rolls around in gulley (4,3) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2615 "2023-12-23T00:59:37Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > X-mas cake rolls around in gulley (4,3) YULE LOG (anagram of gulley+O) +++++ Making a bubbly noise can be a bit of a struggle.(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:** [December 23, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2616 "2023-12-23T15:45:51Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Making a bubbly noise can be a bit of a struggle.(6) GURGLE (anagram of a part of “struggle”) +++++ Harvest some information from a weird angle. (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:** [December 23, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2617 "2023-12-23T17:17:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Harvest some information from a weird angle. (5) GLEAN (anagram) * * * Two articles, a saint, and a continent involved with murdered Russian heiress. (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:** [December 23, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2618 "2023-12-23T19:01:22Z")
ANASTASIA (an + a + St + Asia) ++++++ In the European Community rigatoni is made by doctors (10) ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2619 "2023-12-24T22:32:38Z")
overlap is IA ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2620 "2023-12-24T22:58:38Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > In the European Community rigatoni is made by doctors (10) IATROGENIC (RITATONI + EC anagram) +++++ Movie star collects strange oil cans in a cage. (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:** [December 25, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2621 "2023-12-25T01:51:55Z")
Take Two: Movie star has a collection of strange oil cans in front of a cage. (7) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=132)