# 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:** 138
**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:** [March 11, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2742 "2024-03-11T10:33:51Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > My home on the range is open late.(8) ANTELOPE (anagram) * * * For each one inserted into cowboy movie, there’s a phone technician. (8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2743 "2024-03-12T00:48:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > For each one inserted into cowboy movie, there’s a phone technician. (8) OPERATOR (Oater+per) +++++ I might just give a bullfighter’s cheer at a Camden Yards game.(6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2744 "2024-03-13T21:43:53Z")
I might just give a bullfighter’s cheer / at a Camden Yards game.(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:** [March 14, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2745 "2024-03-14T12:11:13Z")
ORIOLE came to mind, since it includes OLÈ and the Orioles play at Camden Yards. But I’m not sure how to fit in the other 3 letters. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2746 "2024-03-14T12:31:29Z")
“Or I Olè” Your puzzle Oly. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2747 "2024-03-14T17:04:39Z")
I hear you’re tearing up the sea? Go for it! (3, ‘2, 3) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2748 "2024-03-15T16:28:32Z")
LET 'ER RIP (tearing up the letter C) * * * Hear that? The military flute gets the “f” out, owns communication devices. (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:** [March 19, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2749 "2024-03-19T02:38:28Z")
Hear that? The military flute gets the “f” out, owns communication devices. (7) IPHONES [“(-f)ife owns”] ++++ Intoxicated diners waltz somewhere in Europe. (11) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2750 "2024-03-19T08:37:53Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Intoxicated diners waltz somewhere in Europe. (11) SWITZERLAND (anagram) +++++ The fire was supported by wood and golf clubs.(8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2751 "2024-03-22T20:51:19Z")
The fire was supported by wood / and golf clubs.(8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2752 "2024-03-24T15:42:35Z")
Fireplace items: wood / and golf clubs (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:** [March 24, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2753 "2024-03-24T18:50:17Z")
ANDIRONS (and irons)? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2754 "2024-03-24T20:37:27Z")
All yours Oly ---
**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:** [March 25, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2755 "2024-03-25T10:45:14Z")
I thought of “andirons” but couldn’t figure out why “wood” was used since that’s not what the andirons would be made of. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2756 "2024-03-25T12:40:55Z")
Off ANDIRONS ++++++ Doodles in baby’s crib? Bless his heart! (9) ---
**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:** [March 25, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2757 "2024-03-25T19:23:58Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Doodles in baby’ **s crib? Bles** s his heart! (9) SCRIBBLES * * * Did you hear me? Smaller funeral cloth for that solid body electric guitar. (3, 4) ---
**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:** [March 25, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2758 "2024-03-25T23:00:08Z")
Did you hear me? Smaller funeral cloth for that solid body electric guitar. (3, 4) LES PAUL (“less pall”) +++++ Famous Celtic library relocated before road is shortened. (5, 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:** [March 29, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2759 "2024-03-29T15:11:20Z")
ULTRA MEGA puzzle. Need a little help so the game can rise before Easter. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2760 "2024-03-29T15:17:05Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Famous Celtic library relocated before road is shortened. (5, 4) LARRY BIRD (library + rd) * * * Maze maker crashed. Alas, dude! (8) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2761 "2024-03-29T19:00:01Z")
Daedalus (Alas dude mixed) Obscene interest rates found in the United States with the end of the Treasury.(5) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=137) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=139)