# 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:** 135
**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:** [February 5, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2682 "2024-02-05T15:54:51Z")
Femmes Gordon found a gold nugget in his spice rack.(7) OREGANO (ore + Gano) +++++ Sounds when nose is blown. (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:** [February 5, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2683 "2024-02-05T17:24:28Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Sounds when nose is blown. (6) NOISES (anagram) * * * Renounce being cautious? Sounds like you’re talking about where the tide meets the stream. (7) ---
**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:** [February 5, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2684 "2024-02-05T21:38:55Z")
ESTUARY (ESCHEW WARY) The annual question: “Thou art Derek, right?” (8) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2685 "2024-02-06T02:25:01Z")
The annual question: “Thou art Derek, right?” (8) YEARBOOK (“ye are Bo, ok?”) +++++ Cowboy team has tomato kale soup. (8, 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:** [February 6, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2686 "2024-02-06T11:23:18Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Cowboy team has tomato kale soup. (8, 5) OKLAHOMA STATE (anagram) I can’t stand their fight song. It’s a friggin’ waltz. * * * Vietnamese celebration a-hole gets lockjaw disease. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2687 "2024-02-07T03:59:59Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Vietnamese celebration a-hole gets lockjaw disease. (7) TETANUS (Tet+anus) +++++ With a bit of luck, you can turn wives crazy.(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:** [February 7, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2688 "2024-02-07T11:39:22Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > With a bit of luck, you can turn wives crazy.(6) SWIVEL (l + wives) * * * Misguided friendship community goes at its own speed. (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:** [February 7, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2689 "2024-02-07T14:06:28Z")
VELOCITY (double meaning) +++++ Sounds like a choice between fish and quarry - where to go after dinner? (4, 5, 2, 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:** [February 7, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2690 "2024-02-07T17:54:22Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Sounds like a choice between fish and quarry - where to go after dinner? (4, 5, 2, 4) YOUR PLACE OR MINE * * * Babylonian king used an unorthodox buzzard enhance. (14) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2691 "2024-02-07T20:37:04Z")
NEBUCHADNEZZAR (enhance buzzard\*) +++++ British princess cut short with second half of Macbeth’s ghostly friend and last of Mohican makes another literary character altogether - a great prophet whose second coming was a touch too late (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:** [February 8, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2692 "2024-02-08T15:40:43Z")
British princess cut short with second half of Macbeth’s ghostly friend and last of Mohican makes another literary character altogether - a great prophet whose second coming was a touch too late (7) ZARQUON (zar + quo + n) I need to read Hitchhiker’s Guide again. * * * Singular ventilators are used for this porn site. (8) ---
**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:** [February 10, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2693 "2024-02-10T17:14:55Z")
ONLYFANS +++++ ER blows up after big game (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2694 "2024-02-10T19:54:12Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > ER blows up after big game (9) SUPERBOWL (anagram) +++++ Compound found in egg yolks. Hint: Lice(8) ---
**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:** [February 10, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2695 "2024-02-10T22:25:31Z")
LECITHIN +++++++ Commentators remark one team’s task will arrive during halftime break (12) ---
**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:** [February 11, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2696 "2024-02-11T13:15:35Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Commentators remark one team’s task will arrive during halftime break (12) INTERMISSION (but don’t press me too hard on where INTER comes from) Asimovian brain eschews sport to arrive at column. (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:** [February 11, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2697 "2024-02-11T20:38:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > INTERMISSION (but don’t press me too hard on where INTER comes from) INTER sounds like ENTER as in ENTER MISSION. And as **Biotop** on occasion says, carry on. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2698 "2024-02-11T21:56:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Asimovian brain eschews sport to arrive at column. (5) IONIC (positronic - sport) +++++ A nice salad(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:** [February 11, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2699 "2024-02-11T22:36:48Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > INTER sounds like ENTER as in ENTER MISSION. Thanks. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2700 "2024-02-12T22:03:29Z")
NICOISE (double meaning) +++++ Is that the sound of a quieter Formula 1 car? No, it’s a player with a different kind of racket! (6, 8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2701 "2024-02-13T03:08:11Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Is that the sound of a quieter Formula 1 car? No, it’s a player with a different kind of racket! (6, 8) SERENA WILLIAMS (serene+Williams) +++++ It must have been fate that the tidy sniper found his target to the east.(11) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=136)