# 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:** 150
**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 29, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2982 "2024-08-29T14:23:56Z")
Hint: Answer is a synonym of words 1 and 3. ---
**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 31, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2983 "2024-08-31T14:39:24Z")
Hint2: Overlap is the last 3 letters of the previous answer. ---
**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 31, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2984 "2024-08-31T18:24:04Z")
ALACRITY (ala = in the style, are = R, plus CITY) Hello, fellow beginning pickanickers: You only go indoors before evening, all right? (4,4) ---
**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:** [September 1, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2985 "2024-09-01T11:28:18Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Hello, fellow beginning pickanickers: You only go indoors before evening, all right? (4,4) YOGI BEAR (first letters) * * * Each are confused about aural disorder. (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:** [September 1, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2986 "2024-09-01T19:28:15Z")
EARACHE (anagram each are) +++++ By the end of the eighth we were at our best (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:** [September 3, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2987 "2024-09-03T15:49:22Z")
V2: When the end of the eighth started we were at our peak (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:** [September 5, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2988 "2024-09-05T23:06:50Z")
HEIGHT (eighth with the last letter moved to the front) +++++ I told you the cost of the wig! (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:** [September 6, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2989 "2024-09-06T03:01:27Z")
TOUPEE (“to pay”) ++++ Tiny Germanic hero is comic (6,6) ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2990 "2024-09-06T12:06:12Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Tiny Germanic hero is comic (6,6) PEEWEE HERMAN (soundalike) * * * Didn’t you hear a lot of people can make this, dummy? (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:** [September 8, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2991 "2024-09-08T20:15:53Z")
MANNEQUIN (not totally sure, but sounds a bit like “many kin”) +++++ Go to Mexico for 15 fruit? (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:** [September 10, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2992 "2024-09-10T12:59:24Z")
QUINCE (15 in Spanish) +++++ Small price to pay to see Mexican oceans on TV (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:** [September 11, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2993 "2024-09-11T11:41:17Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Small price to pay to see Mexican oceans on TV (8) CENTAVOS (oceans + tv) * * * Mr. Howard and sister follow Wizard’s land in water movement, supposedly. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2994 "2024-09-12T03:29:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Mr. Howard and sister follow Wizard’s land in water movement, supposedly. (7) OSMOSIS (Oz+Moe+sis) ++++++ The king of rock n’ roll.(8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2995 "2024-09-15T15:52:43Z")
Hint: The ancient king of rock n’ roll.(8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2996 "2024-09-17T02:21:33Z")
Mythical Corinthian King of rock n’ roll?(8) ---
**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:** [September 17, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2997 "2024-09-17T15:44:28Z")
SISYPHUS +++++ Randy Bush scrambled and bought out Old MacDonald. (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:** [September 17, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2998 "2024-09-17T16:25:39Z")
Randy Bush scrambled and bought out Old MacDonald. (9) HUSBANDRY (randy bush\*) +++++ They’re dress freshening for your laundry! (5, 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:** [September 18, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/2999 "2024-09-18T11:30:57Z")
DRYER SHEETS (anagram they’re dress) ++++++ Trucks that back in first get smacked (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3000 "2024-09-19T08:20:18Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Trucks that back in first get smacked (6) STRUCK +++++++ Almost a kind of nervous energy keeps me moving.(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:** [September 21, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3001 "2024-09-21T14:01:32Z")
KINETIC (kind - d + E + tic) ++++++ Know why Cat City is back in mint condition? (3,3) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=151)