# 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:** 143
**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 16, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2842 "2024-05-16T01:05:16Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Indifferent person orders “Cannon, halt!” NONCHALANT (anagram) +++++ The buzz is a bee bounds on ruminant. (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:** [May 17, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2843 "2024-05-17T14:41:25Z")
I feel it might be ANTELOPE (a ruminant) with lope = bound[s], but not sure ant = bee although they are both insects. ---
**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 17, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2844 "2024-05-17T15:54:19Z")
Correct! The bee lives in Mayberry. ---
**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 17, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2845 "2024-05-17T16:27:53Z")
hehe funny one Oly. I can tell “you people aren’t from around here” when they say “Ant Bea” or “Ont Bea” instead of “Aint Bea.” ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2846 "2024-05-18T17:43:21Z")
You’re up, **D\_C**. Off ANTELOPE. ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2847 "2024-05-18T17:53:56Z")
Thanks, all a mystery to me but I’ll take it! +++++ Surprising nice apt. not to scale. (10) ---
**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 18, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2848 "2024-05-18T18:10:25Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Thanks, all a mystery to me but I’ll take it! Aunt Bee is from The Andy Griffith Show. > **[The Andy Griffith Show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andy_Griffith_Show)** > > The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom television series that was aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color. > The series originated from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show. It stars Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor, the widowed sheriff of Mayberry, North Carolina, a fictional community of roughly 2,000–5,000 people. Other major characters include Andy's lifelong friend, the well-m... ---
**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 20, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2849 "2024-05-20T16:19:44Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Surprising nice apt. not to scale. (10) PENTATONIC (nice + apt + not) +++++++ Mixer engine sounds good? (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 20, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2850 "2024-05-20T18:07:37Z")
NICER? (as in the Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR telescope) ---
**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 20, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2851 "2024-05-20T19:53:44Z")
Negative. ---
**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 22, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2852 "2024-05-22T12:50:20Z")
I’m thinking either TONIC (it’s a mixer) or something starting ICE (internal combustion engine), can anyone provide the final touch? ---
**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 22, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2853 "2024-05-22T15:18:06Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > TONIC Correct! The ? was intended to indicate a twist — the sound- alike was in the clue, not the answer. ---
**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 22, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2854 "2024-05-22T23:30:45Z")
Chat is your best way of finding ancient fish (10) ---
**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 23, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2855 "2024-05-23T15:29:30Z")
Does the answer perhaps go to 11? ---
**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 23, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2856 "2024-05-23T16:39:58Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Chat is your best way of finding ancient fish (10) ICTHYOSAUR (anagram) * * * I hear a howl, a Latin dawn. (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 23, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2857 "2024-05-23T19:28:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > ICTHYOSAUR Hmm…seems to have another h in it, but what evs. Carry on > **[Ichthyosauria](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyosauria)** > > See text > Ichthyosauria (/ˌɪkθiəˈsɔːriə/; Ancient Greek for "fish lizard" – Ancient Greek: ἰχθύς, romanized: ichthys, lit. 'fish' and Ancient Greek: σαῦρος, romanized: sauros, lit. 'lizard') is an order of large extinct marine reptiles sometimes referred to as "ichthyosaurs", although the term is also used for wider clades in which the order resides. > Ichthyosaurians thrived during much of the Mesozoic era; based on fossil evidence, they first appeared around 250 million years ago (Ma) and at l... In play by **KO** : I hear a howl, a Latin dawn. (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2858 "2024-05-23T22:23:24Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > I hear a howl, a Latin dawn. (6) AURORA (Latin word for dawn, a ROAR a) +++++ Sorta-cool vegetable(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 23, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2859 "2024-05-23T23:03:43Z")
Sorry - yes it would have done if I’d spelled it correctly. Luckily @Knowed_Out was on my wavelength. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2860 "2024-05-24T07:35:08Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Sorta-cool vegetable(6) RADISH (rad-ish) +++++ Biblically, the man starts the coffee ---
**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 24, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2861 "2024-05-24T10:19:27Z")
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