# 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:** 136
**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 13, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2702 "2024-02-13T16:12:53Z")
SERENDIPITY (tidy sniper+E) ++++++ “Phooey!” lit it the F’ up, but not like this to a T catch phrase, Mister. (1,4,3,4) ---
**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 13, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2703 "2024-02-13T17:43:49Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > “Phooey!” lit it the F’ up, but not like this to a T catch phrase, Mister. (1,4,3,4) I PITY THE FOOL (phooey + lit + it + f) * * * That aged mill removed the last of mold, but still had a certain smell. (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2704 "2024-02-14T06:05:06Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > That aged mill removed the last of mold, but still had a certain smell. (9) OLFACTORY (old-d+factory) +++++ Idol host asked “Is art necessary?”(4,8) ---
**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 14, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2705 "2024-02-14T15:28:28Z")
RYAN SEACREST (art necessary\*) +++++ Cross with hesitation to get to central part (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:** [February 17, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2706 "2024-02-17T00:24:11Z")
Cross with hesitation to get to central part (7) STERNUM (stern + um) +++++ Variety promises a nude Clive Owen series. (8, 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:** [February 17, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2707 "2024-02-17T02:12:45Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Variety promises a nude Clive Owen series. (8, 5) MONSIEUR SPADE (promised a nude\*) +++++ Expert was taped curiously. (5) ---
**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 17, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2708 "2024-02-17T08:23:47Z")
ADEPT (taped\*) +++++ Heard of fear of flight? Not this prehistoric creature! (9) ---
**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 18, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2709 "2024-02-18T14:30:07Z")
Heard of fear of flight? Not this prehistoric creature! (9) PTEROSAUR (“terror soar”) +++++ A little bear mourns air disaster. (4, 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 18, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2710 "2024-02-18T15:30:35Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > A little bear mourns air disaster. (4, 5) URSA MINOR (anagram) * * * Cheers barfly, Amos’s friend, visits WWII battle site. (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 18, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2711 "2024-02-18T17:54:22Z")
Cheers barfly, Amos’s friend, visits WWII battle site. (8) NORMANDY (Norm + Andy) +++++ Welsh poet’s Almond Hasty Pudding. (5, 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:** [February 19, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2712 "2024-02-19T03:52:51Z")
DYLAN THOMAS (almond hasty anagram) +++++ Real atheism says embrace total pandemonium (4,8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2713 "2024-02-19T04:57:06Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Real atheism says embrace total pandemonium (4,8) MASS HYSTERIA (anagram) +++++ Splitting headache (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2714 "2024-02-20T23:59:48Z")
“I have a splitting headache” said the oily man.(7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2715 "2024-02-22T19:51:53Z")
anagram of “oily man” ---
**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 23, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2716 "2024-02-23T13:47:23Z")
ALIMONY ++++ The idle district attorney left Monday and billed for a song about an abbreviated month in New York (4,4) ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2717 "2024-02-23T14:51:45Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > The idle district attorney left Monday and billed for a song about an abbreviated month in New York (4,4) MONY MONY (MONDAY - DA + MO + NY) * * * Do-it Yourself project gets turned around when preparing a meal for Ashekenazi. (7) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2718 "2024-02-23T23:21:24Z")
YIDDISH (DIY backwards + dish) * * * Astute Danish leader succeeds harridan (5) ---
**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:** [February 24, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2719 "2024-02-24T16:03:01Z")
Oops, sorry, should have been: Astute Danish leader succeeds harridan ( **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:** [February 25, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2720 "2024-02-25T17:21:21Z")
SHREWD (shrew + D) +++++ Canceled lease interrupts activity (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:** [February 26, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2721 "2024-02-26T14:59:50Z")
Canceled lease interrupts activity (7) DELETED (de - let - ed) ++++++ Unnaturally toadless TV show. (3, 5) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=137)