# 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:** 142
**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:** [May 10, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2822 "2024-05-10T17:20:14Z")
Is her name on this list of 624 famous actresses? > **[The most famous all-time actresses in America | Entertainment | YouGov Ratings](https://today.yougov.com/ratings/entertainment/fame/all-time-actresses/all)** > > The most famous all-time actresses in America according to YouGov Ratings. Fame is based on millions of responses from the American public and YouGov's innovative survey methodology. ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2823 "2024-05-10T19:00:03Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Is her name on this list of 624 famous actresses? No. But let me ask you something. Who is the likely most famous actress in America right now, on May 10th, 2024? An actress I bet you have seen somewhere in the last week … barring living under a proverbial rock? ---
**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 10, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2824 "2024-05-10T19:10:23Z")
I looked through the Oscars lists and only found Sandra Hüller. ---
**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2825 "2024-05-10T19:12:45Z")
Never won an Oscar, alas. ---
**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 10, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2826 "2024-05-10T19:39:23Z")
STORMY DANIELS I’ll think of a new clue after I rest from banging my head against the wall. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2827 "2024-05-10T19:42:38Z")
Had it but Ninja’d on the 8th day! ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2828 "2024-05-10T21:44:22Z")
Playing off STORMY DANIELS Bride of Frankenstein is created from various ancestral heels. (4, 10) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2829 "2024-05-11T03:07:37Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Bride of Frankenstein is created from various ancestral heels. (4, 10) ELSA LANCHESTER (anagram) +++++ I generally use an emitter to kill insects.(9) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2024, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2830 "2024-05-11T06:37:38Z")
TERMINATE (an emitter\*) +++++ Soft offer of payment (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:** [May 11, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2831 "2024-05-11T16:27:42Z")
TENDER ++++++ Don’t forget to clean out the cellar (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2832 "2024-05-12T03:43:20Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Don’t forget to clean out the cellar (6) RECALL (anagram) +++++ Who left Fernando with the pack animals?(6) ---
**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:** [May 13, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2833 "2024-05-13T23:08:10Z")
I’m guessing it’s LLAMAS, but I don’t understand the Fernando part? ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2834 "2024-05-13T23:19:39Z")
### Fernando Lamas ([Fernando Lamas - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Lamas)) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2835 "2024-05-14T04:33:41Z")
Thanks Karen. Probably should have used Lorenzo instead. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2024, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2836 "2024-05-14T06:15:51Z")
Thanks. Film is a weak spot in my knowledge, using Lorenzo wouldn’t have helped me either. Playing off LLAMAS: Guess philosopher loses his head, rides on donkey (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:** [May 14, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2837 "2024-05-14T17:48:09Z")
ASSUME (ass + Hume - H) +++++ Myself and I are a culture-carrying unit (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:** [May 14, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2838 "2024-05-14T18:37:47Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Myself and I are a culture-carrying unit (4) MEME (me + me) * * * Actress puts the good into ugly canine. (5, 3) ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2839 "2024-05-15T16:51:39Z")
Actress puts the good into ugly canine. (5, 3) MEGAN FOX ( MEgAN FOX) ++++++ You will need to go get this element yourself because Malcolm brought none back. (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:** [May 15, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2840 "2024-05-15T22:45:25Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > You will need to go get this element yourself because Malcolm brought none back. (5) XENON (X + enon) * * * Indifferent person orders “Cannon, halt!” ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2841 "2024-05-15T23:32:44Z")
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