# 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:** 139
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2762 "2024-03-29T21:37:23Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Obscene interest rates found in the United States with the end of the Treasury.(5) USURY (US+ury) ++++ That confused old nag I rely on is much better than a young horse.(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:** [March 31, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2763 "2024-03-31T00:23:44Z")
YEARLING (nag I rely\*) +++++ Doubleplusgood party (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:** [April 4, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2764 "2024-04-04T00:13:52Z")
INGSOC (_1984_ doubleref) ++++++ Salmon with your Coke? Yes, please! (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2765 "2024-04-04T00:46:32Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Salmon with your Coke? Yes, please! (7) SOCKEYE (anagram) +++++ “I whip” heard the lens protector. (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:** [April 4, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2766 "2024-04-04T15:04:51Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > “I whip” heard the lens protector. (7) EYELASH (I lash) * * * That sound rattles associate bard. (11) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2767 "2024-04-05T06:11:38Z")
SHAKESPEARE (shakes peer) +++++ Break about revenge (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:** [April 5, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2768 "2024-04-05T11:50:30Z")
RESPITE (RE spite) +++++ Something brought it back that I made his acquaintance (4) ---
**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:** [April 5, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2769 "2024-04-05T12:04:11Z")
ITEM (I + met reversed) +++++ I try and meet a mixture of goals with confidence (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:** [April 5, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2770 "2024-04-05T18:10:28Z")
Emanated? ---
**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:** [April 5, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2771 "2024-04-05T18:45:34Z")
Not quite what I was going for, but a fair effort. Think of the “and” in the clue more as a plus sign. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2772 "2024-04-05T19:22:46Z")
OK, I thought it could be an anagram, and a synonym of “with confidence,” but that’s the wrong direction apparently. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2773 "2024-04-05T21:40:21Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I try and meet a mixture of goals with confidence (8) TEMERITY (anagram) ++++ Jewish school destruction is heavy.(7) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2774 "2024-04-06T08:34:04Z")
Right direction, just missed the final turn! Admittedly it’s not my best clue - a couple of extraneous words obscured it too much, I think. > [@Skunkdog](#): > > Jewish school destruction is heavy.(7) YESHIVA (is heavy\*) +++++ Opening of book without the monologues (6) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2775 "2024-04-09T00:34:39Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Opening of book without the monologues (6) ~~the~~ VAGINA ~~monologues~~ (although I consider it more of a play than a book) ++++++++++++++++++++ I’ve seen inside the messed up head of nasty restless people (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:** [April 10, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2776 "2024-04-10T12:41:10Z")
Natives? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2777 "2024-04-10T16:05:42Z")
Yes. the natives are restless. NAT-ive-S where NATS is the start of nasty mixed up. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2778 "2024-04-10T19:36:07Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Yes. the natives are restless. Of course. I was thrown off by the “start of” part, which usually means the first letter of the following words. I totally forgot about the expression. Good one! Playing off NATIVES * * * Bestow I the messed-up grease job in lobby. (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2779 "2024-04-11T02:51:49Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Bestow I the messed-up grease job in lobby. (9) VESTIBULE (vest+I+“messed up” lube) +++++ Big aliens support LGBTQ community (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:** [April 12, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2780 "2024-04-12T14:46:41Z")
Big aliens support LGBTQ community (7) LESBIAN (aliens\* +b) +++++ Unsophisticated Nigel hating Florence. (11) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2781 "2024-04-12T20:06:22Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Unsophisticated Nigel hating Florence. (11) NIGHTINGALE (anagram) +++++ Clean her up! Then you can have a Sprite.(10) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=138) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=140)