# 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:** 16
**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 7, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/301 "2021-08-07T20:29:19Z")
SALMAN RUSHDIE (anagram of “rushed animals”) Slow, diminishing death by orange pekoe (4) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/302 "2021-08-07T22:00:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Slow, diminishing death by orange pekoe (4) Diet (DIE + T) +++++ Shingles sufferer, tackled, had strawberry. (5, 8) ---
**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 8, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/303 "2021-08-08T04:16:50Z")
Shingles sufferer, tackled, had strawberry. (5, 8) TERRY BRADSHAW (anagram) +++++ Poet’s broken sword added value (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 8, 2021, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/304 "2021-08-08T07:10:01Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Poet’s broken sword added value (10) Wordsworth? ---
**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 8, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/305 "2021-08-08T12:45:24Z")
You got it. ---
**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 8, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/306 "2021-08-08T18:58:43Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > > [@Biotop](#): > > > > Poet’s broken sword added value (10) > > Wordsworth Believe me, a single proton can be the main point of an argument (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 9, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/307 "2021-08-09T12:44:05Z")
THRUST (trust + H) * * * Confused? Meant “s” to stand for “string” (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 9, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/308 "2021-08-09T16:11:14Z")
Confused? Meant “s” to stand for “string” (6) STAMEN (anagram) +++++ Dishonest comedian lampooned America. (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:** [August 9, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/309 "2021-08-09T16:58:32Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Dishonest comedian lampooned America. (10) MENDACIOUS (comedian + us) * * * In Soviet Union, you owe terribly if you’re extorting! (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 10, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/310 "2021-08-10T12:26:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > In Soviet Union, you owe terribly if you’re extorting! (8) Usurious? (USSR + u + o … but then there’s another u and an i… possibly from “if you’re”? Long shot I know) ---
**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 10, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/311 "2021-08-10T14:14:28Z")
Correct! ussr + u + iou ---
**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 10, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/312 "2021-08-10T14:31:38Z")
Silly solver doesn’t use Lysol but still polishes flatware (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:** [August 10, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/313 "2021-08-10T14:54:10Z")
SILVER (Silly solver - Lysol) Truly, we did cover it yesterday! (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 10, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/314 "2021-08-10T16:08:23Z")
Truly, we did cover it yesterday! (6) VERITY (container) +++++ Movie pirate’s lawyer led Bo astray (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:** [August 10, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/315 "2021-08-10T17:44:23Z")
YELLOWBEARD (lawyer led Bo) * * * The truly passionate aren’t including certain vitamin. (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:** [August 11, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/316 "2021-08-11T12:19:19Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > The truly passionate aren’t including certain vitamin. (6) Ardent? (aren’t + D, although “aren’t including” would seem to imply a letter should be dropped not added) If correct: After the crowd size tripled, Bert came back and everyone followed (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 11, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/317 "2021-08-11T12:59:52Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Ardent? (aren’t + D, although “aren’t including” would seem to imply a letter should be dropped not added) Correct. That’s the beauty of cryptics. Sometimes the definition clues masquerade as something else. ---
**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 11, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/318 "2021-08-11T13:07:29Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > After the crowd size tripled, Bert came back and everyone followed (7) TREBLED (Bert backward + led) * * * Revolutionary idea drawn from era (9) ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/319 "2021-08-11T13:12:42Z")
EDWARDIAN (idea drawn anagram) * * * Firmly fixes talons (5) ---
**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 11, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/320 "2021-08-11T14:38:45Z")
Firmly fixes talons (5) NAILS (double definition) +++++ One of eight thousand or more incomprehensible Shanghai maps (12) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=17)