# 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:** 141
**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:** [April 25, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2802 "2024-04-25T14:51:00Z")
TENSE (X = TEN, so TENS +E) Models rarely date me, because I am a wreck. (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2803 "2024-04-25T22:34:12Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Models rarely date me, because I am a wreck. (6) SELDOM (anagram) +++++ There’s a wacky melodic one living in that house.(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 26, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2804 "2024-04-26T10:51:55Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > There’s a wacky melodic one living in that house.(8) DOMICILE (melodic + i) * * * Supposedly, account territory is a tricky business. (11) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2805 "2024-04-26T21:30:06Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Supposedly, account territory is a tricky business. (11) LEGERDEMAIN (ledger+domain) +++++ Minor French island has yet to be developed.(9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2806 "2024-04-29T10:38:25Z")
Hint: Minor + French island ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2807 "2024-05-01T21:07:47Z")
reworded: Baby French island is very childish.(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:** [May 1, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2808 "2024-05-01T22:34:21Z")
Baby French island is very childish.(9) INFANTILE (infant + ile) +++++ James is nobler in a storm. (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:** [May 2, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2809 "2024-05-02T00:59:18Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > James is nobler in a storm. (6) LEBRON (anagram) * * * President arranged loan arranged. (6, 6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2810 "2024-05-02T04:30:53Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > President arranged loan arranged. (6, 6) RONALD REAGAN (anagram) +++++ Ha! No sleep? Kill that skeeter!(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:** [May 2, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2811 "2024-05-02T19:59:38Z")
Ha! No sleep? Kill that skeeter!(9) ANOPHELES (ha no sleep\*) +++++ Famous actress’ s style is random chaos! (6, 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:** [May 3, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2812 "2024-05-03T19:29:01Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Famous actress’s style is random chaos! (6, 7) No gap intended in “actress’s” above. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2813 "2024-05-07T19:47:38Z")
Let me know if help is needed or if everyone is just busy. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2814 "2024-05-07T21:18:11Z")
Is her name an anagram of “style is random”? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2815 "2024-05-07T23:36:21Z")
Seems a good guess. 😉 And her style is “chaos” I think one would agree. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2816 "2024-05-08T10:45:32Z")
Miranda Toyless? (not in play) ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2817 "2024-05-08T12:44:01Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Is her name an anagram of “style is random”? Yes. But certainly not MIRANDA TOYLESS! ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2818 "2024-05-08T21:53:03Z")
Famous actress’s style is random chaos! (6, 7) Pretty much about as famous as a thespian can get… ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2819 "2024-05-09T11:28:05Z")
Sometimes I get a complete mental block even when all the clues are apparent. Maybe if you hinted as to the time period this thespian is most noted? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2820 "2024-05-09T19:23:58Z")
This thespian is VERY well known in this time period of 2024. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2821 "2024-05-10T01:44:08Z")
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