# 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:** 152
**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 30, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3022 "2024-09-30T06:55:25Z")
Sending all good wishes your way. @Oly do you want to go next? ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3023 "2024-09-30T16:21:46Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Sending all good wishes your way. Likewise. Off GARY OLDMAN Arkansas woman trampled by horse (3,1,3) ---
**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 30, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3024 "2024-09-30T17:36:26Z")
MAN O WAR (anagram from woman + AR) ++++++ Where Mr. Beatty keeps his Playboy Bunnies (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 30, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3025 "2024-09-30T17:57:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Where Mr. Beatty keeps his Playboy Bunnies (6) WARREN (double meaning) * * * Sister entered recitation but lost her tome, resulting in rejection. (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:** [October 1, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3026 "2024-10-01T15:25:58Z")
RENUNCIATION (NUN in RECITATION minus T) +++++++ Article is sewn together back to front and front to back (4) ---
**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:** [October 4, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3027 "2024-10-04T07:15:00Z")
I want to say NAAN, but can’t see a definition of it in the clue. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3028 "2024-10-04T10:49:33Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Article is sewn together back to front and front to back (4) NEWS (sewn with first and last letters exchanged) * * * Dockworkers refuse to work while all pins are knocked down. (6) ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3029 "2024-10-04T14:05:33Z")
STRIKE (Double definition) Knave’s old accomplice starts killing every scuttling tiny rodent, enjoys lunch. (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:** [October 4, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3030 "2024-10-04T19:25:36Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > Knave’s old accomplice starts killing every scuttling tiny rodent, enjoys lunch. (7) KESTREL (first letters) * * * Put some lithium in that area, and you’ll get theology. (8) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3031 "2024-10-04T19:52:33Z")
RELIGION (li in region) Alien thing with giant head startled bird (11) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3032 "2024-10-06T13:36:04Z")
Hint: The first letter is N ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3033 "2024-10-06T13:50:41Z")
NIGHTINGALE (11) (ALIEN THING\* +G) ++++ The first metal. (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:** [October 6, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3034 "2024-10-06T19:19:04Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > The first metal. (4) LEAD (double meaning) * * * Verdi operas include a bad grade, but make good shoes. (6) ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3035 "2024-10-06T20:02:54Z")
ADIDAS (AIDAs + D) A retardant of ignition resembling the finest oxygen molecules (8) ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3036 "2024-10-07T13:49:48Z")
ASBESTOS (AS+BEST+Os) Big game for hunter (6) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3037 "2024-10-07T18:17:34Z")
I won’t post a new clue because this is a bit of a guess, but is it OSPREY? (Big = Oversized = OS + prey) ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3038 "2024-10-07T20:46:42Z")
Ding ding ding, give the man a coconut! ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3039 "2024-10-09T11:33:32Z")
This was a possibly idiomatic way of saying, “Yes, you got it, that’s exactly the wordplay and solution, please feel free to post a clue.” (Although I have belatedly realised that the overlap on OSPREY isn’t very usable, apologies for that.) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3040 "2024-10-12T15:25:21Z")
Oh good 🙂 The first person to refer to audience for sense (8) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3041 "2024-10-14T13:29:54Z")
Hint: The first letters are EY and the definition is ‘sense’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=153)