# 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:** 161
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3202 "2025-03-28T01:47:39Z")
ARDUOUS (hidden word) +++++++ In homage of Opening Day, 2025: “Y’rrrrrrrrr Out!” Lettermen usurps! (1,1,1,1) ---
**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:** [March 30, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3203 "2025-03-30T14:04:25Z")
- > [@Oly](#): > > “Y’rrrrrrrrr Out!” Lettermen usurps! (1,1,1,1) USPS (usurps -ur) * * * Someday perhaps I’ll get a dog. (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:** [March 30, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3204 "2025-03-30T16:52:29Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Someday perhaps I’ll get a dog. (7) SAMOYED (the only reason I got that is because it was used in this month’s GAMES) * * * Lunatic repealed along with poet. (5, 5, 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:** [March 31, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3205 "2025-03-31T01:25:59Z")
EDGAR ALLEN POE (anagram repealed along) ++++++ Lyricist repudiator sticks head up ass at Chaucer’s final resting place. (5’,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:** [April 1, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3206 "2025-04-01T01:15:32Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Lyricist repudiator sticks head up ass at Chaucer’s final resting place. (5’,6) POETS’ CORNER * * * Alleged joint chain carnivore is a NYC detective. (4, 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:** [April 2, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3207 "2025-04-02T02:09:18Z")
- > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Alleged joint chain carnivore is a NYC detective. (4, 5) NERO WOLFE (“knee +row+wolf”) +++++ Rolling around featherbeds with Ecstasy? Please don’t do this. (4, 3, 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:** [April 2, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3208 "2025-04-02T10:49:33Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Rolling around featherbeds with Ecstasy? Please don’t do this. (4, 3, 5) FEED THE BEARS (featherbeds + e) * * * Premiere League team uses warehouse. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3209 "2025-04-03T02:53:22Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Premiere League team uses warehouse. (7) ARSENAL (double meaning) +++++ Absurd but clear aims I put out as a French author. (6,5) ---
**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:** [April 3, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3210 "2025-04-03T12:36:22Z")
Albert Camus (anagram but clear aims - i) +++++ Colonel finds celebrity stuck in the mud (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3211 "2025-04-04T10:01:27Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Colonel finds celebrity stuck in the mud (7) MUSTARD (mu+STAR+d) +++++ Burt Reynolds’ partner is the crazy model I sued. (3,7) ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3212 "2025-04-04T22:30:55Z")
- > [@Skunkdog](#): > > Burt Reynolds’ partner is the crazy model I sued. (3,7) DOM DELUISE (model I sued\*) +++++ Jack’s best known for this feckless shiatsu nonsense. (7, 2, 3, 3) ---
**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:** [April 4, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3213 "2025-04-04T23:19:48Z")
Or better: Jacks quite well known for this feckless shiatsu nonsense. (7,2,3,3) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3214 "2025-04-09T13:11:47Z")
Terry Jacks quite well known for this feckless shiatsu nonsense. (7,2,3,3) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3215 "2025-04-09T18:07:44Z")
SEASONS IN THE SUN (anagram) * * * Ted wins bum on bear fight. (9) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3216 "2025-04-11T13:04:33Z")
UNABOMBER (anagram) A pint while eating half a steak? I get vitamin deficiency. (4-4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3217 "2025-04-12T00:52:51Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > A pint while eating half a steak? I get vitamin deficiency. (4-4) BERI-BERI +++++ I sober up when studying cell components.(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:** [April 12, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3218 "2025-04-12T12:08:53Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > I sober up when studying cell components.(6) RIBOSE (anagram) * * * Vera was into divination, but lost a subdivision. (9) ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3219 "2025-04-16T10:10:33Z")
It’s also the name of a streaming series on Apple TV. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3220 "2025-04-16T14:50:52Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Vera was into divination, but lost a subdivision. (9) SEVERANCE (se-ver-ance) +++++ Origins of futile resistance. (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:** [April 19, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3221 "2025-04-19T13:16:24Z")
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