# 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:** 162
**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 20, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3222 "2025-04-20T21:44:59Z")
- > [@Oly](#): > > Insult is alchemized when illuminated naturally (6) SUNLIT (insult\*) +++++ Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy will not meet secretly. (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 23, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3223 "2025-04-23T00:45:35Z")
LITTLE WOMEN (a’gram will not meet) ++++++ Pledges to repair the metropolis are an utter falsehood (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:** [April 23, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3224 "2025-04-23T12:25:19Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Pledges to repair the metropolis are an utter falsehood (8) Whoops: Pledges to repair the metropolis are an utter falsehood (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 24, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3225 "2025-04-24T01:09:12Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Pledges to repair the metropolis are an utter falsehood (9) MENDACITY (mend a city) * * * Mr. Cobb urinated, according to clerk. (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:** [April 25, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3226 "2025-04-25T00:01:27Z")
TYPIST (Ty pissed) +++++ Impressed by trucks lined up back to front (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:** [April 29, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3227 "2025-04-29T18:42:26Z")
- > [@Oly](#): > > Impressed by trucks lined up back to front (6) STRUCK ( s + truck - s) +++++ Who’s a good dog? Perhaps he is sparkling clean. (4, 7, 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:** [April 29, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3228 "2025-04-29T19:09:52Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Who’s a good dog? Perhaps he is sparkling clean. (4, 7, 7) KING CHARLES SPANIEL (anagram) * * * The Spanish is on stink because of presidential advisor. (4, 4) ---
**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 30, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3229 "2025-04-30T00:52:58Z")
ELON MUSK (el + on + musk) +++++++ An Old Norse saying: “When smoked salmon is vomited back out, everyone yell ‘Cheers!’” (4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3230 "2025-04-30T01:26:59Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > An Old Norse saying: “When smoked salmon is vomited back out, everyone yell ‘Cheers!’” (4) SKOL (loks backwars) ++++++++++ Elderly man screamed when he had to shoot his dog. (3,6) ---
**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 30, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3231 "2025-04-30T10:44:04Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Elderly man screamed when he had to shoot his dog. (3,6) OLD YELLER (double meaning) * * * The French Rogers Chestnut is bad, bad. (5, 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:** [May 3, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3232 "2025-05-03T18:27:32Z")
- > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > The French Rogers Chestnut is bad, bad. (5, 5) LEROY BROWN (Le + Roy + brown) +++++ Whisper: “No problem. I will take responsibility.” (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:** [May 3, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3233 "2025-05-03T20:01:48Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Whisper: “No problem. I will take responsibility.” (9) OWNERSHIP (anagram) * * * Large animal goes to school for its brain’s temporal lobe. (11) ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3234 "2025-05-04T15:05:07Z")
- > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Large animal goes to school for its brain’s temporal lobe. (11) HIPPOCAMPUS (hippo + campus) +++++++ I would not be the first to guide these senseless crusades. (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:** [May 5, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3235 "2025-05-05T12:26:58Z")
Used cars? ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3236 "2025-05-05T12:33:28Z")
Yes. They are not something I would be the first to guide. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3237 "2025-05-05T18:12:15Z")
OK, I thought it could be an expression or quote or wordplay… Playing off USED CARS * * * Puddytat booth, a rocky portrayer. (9, 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:** [May 7, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3238 "2025-05-07T15:14:02Z")
- > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Puddytat booth, a rocky portrayer. (9, 8) SYLVESTER STALLONE (Sylvester + stall + one) +++++ This is what happens when I hire my family members to crush pimentos! (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:** [May 7, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3239 "2025-05-07T20:44:08Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > This is what happens when I hire my family members to crush pimentos! (8) NEPOTISM (anagram) * * * Director of clerks and oil maker form a company that manufactures guns. (5, 1, 6) The 1 part is not a letter. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3240 "2025-05-08T02:34:21Z")
SMITH & WESSON ++++++ Did you hear about the bright real estate that was wiped out by clay? (5,6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3241 "2025-05-09T23:21:56Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Did you hear about the bright real estate that was wiped out by clay? (5,6) SONNY LISTON +++++++ Language spoken in Oxford. (6) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=161) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=163)