# 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:** 149
**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:** [August 15, 2024, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2962 "2024-08-15T06:24:55Z")
INVADER (driven a\*) +++++ What are you sitting on? Sounds like an Irish tune (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:** [August 15, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2963 "2024-08-15T11:02:30Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > What are you sitting on? Sounds like an Irish tune (8) DERRIERE (Derry air) * * * A new beginning is supposedly regarding youth imprisonment country. (12) ---
**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:** [August 16, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2964 "2024-08-16T01:43:37Z")
Rejuvenation (re + juvie + nation) ++++++ Gold’s omnipotence became complicated long ago (4,4,1,4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2965 "2024-08-16T03:14:13Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Gold’s omnipotence became complicated long ago (4,4,1,4) ONCE UPON A TIME (anagram AU + omnipotence) ++++++ I was studying alloys when I heard about someone having a hypersensitivity reaction at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.(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:** [August 16, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2966 "2024-08-16T21:59:54Z")
Metallurgy (Met + allergy) ++++ See face back in drywall (6) ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2967 "2024-08-19T17:45:28Z")
See face back in drywall (6) GYPSUM (spy in mug backwards) +++++ Musical Omelette is minus cast. (4, 2, 2, 2, 5) ---
**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:** [August 22, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2968 "2024-08-22T12:45:26Z")
_Meet Me In St. Louis_? Contains all the letters in “omelette is minus” but seems to be one e short. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2969 "2024-08-22T12:49:28Z")
That’s it 3 "E"s. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2970 "2024-08-22T16:34:20Z")
Off _Meet Me In St. Louis_ Epic wrestler issues rancid elution while going numbers one and two (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:** [August 24, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2971 "2024-08-24T08:58:22Z")
I want it to be ISRAEL (first two letters of each of “issues rancid elution”) but I can’t make the connection with “epic wrestler”, can anyone help me out? ---
**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:** [August 24, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2972 "2024-08-24T14:40:00Z")
In the Book of Genesis Jacob wrestled with an angel and was renamed Israel. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2973 "2024-08-24T21:35:25Z")
Thanks, in that case I will continue! Emhoff dresses Ford with her Singer? (4, 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:** [August 24, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2974 "2024-08-24T23:26:07Z")
ISRAEL is indeed correct. I first thought of “biblical wrestler”, but I didn’t want to make it _too_ obvious 😋 Back to the current puzzle: ELLA FITZGERALD (Ella [Emhoff] + “fits” + Gerald [Ford]) ++++++ Darned disorganized shed stuff! (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:** [August 25, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2975 "2024-08-25T03:06:11Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Darned disorganized shed stuff! (6) DANDER (anagram) * * * The German duplicate is such a pistol. (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2976 "2024-08-25T07:36:49Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > The German duplicate is such a pistol. (9) DERRINGER (Der ringer) +++++ The Eastern European was relevant.(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:** [August 25, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2977 "2024-08-25T11:19:24Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > The Eastern European was relevant.(7) GERMANE (German + e) * * * A body part cherishes vociferously these tales. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2978 "2024-08-25T17:18:23Z")
ANECDOTES (a neck dotes)? If that’s correct: +++++++ Tom makes Etsy irritable (5) ---
**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:** [August 25, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2979 "2024-08-25T17:36:11Z")
TESTY (T from Tom, +ETSY, anagram) Many mayors oft-times pad their speeches recklessly (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2980 "2024-08-26T00:28:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Many mayors oft-times pad their speeches recklessly (9) STYROFOAM (anagram) +++++ Ms. Brenneman initially got depressed and laid awake. So emotional!(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:** [August 26, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2981 "2024-08-26T15:49:18Z")
AMYGDALA (Amy + first letters of next words) +++++ Eagerness and fervor are in city style (8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=148) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=150)