# 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:** 163
**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 11, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3242 "2025-05-11T13:14:59Z")
Is it TONGUE? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3243 "2025-05-11T23:42:34Z")
Yes! Your turn Oly. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3244 "2025-05-11T23:44:04Z")
Double meaning. Synonym for language and in Oxford (type of shoe) ---
**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 12, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3245 "2025-05-12T00:08:33Z")
Ahh! I was thinking of ox tongue, as in something offal! But I couldn’t figure out how the “ford” part fit in. Nice one! Off TONGUE: Some GIs get caught up in the allure of insurgent warfare (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 13, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3246 "2025-05-13T15:01:10Z")
- > [@Oly](#): > > Some GIs get caught up in the allure of insurgent warfare (8) GUERILLA (GI + ALLURE\*) +++++ Mets’ National collapse leads to sadness and tears. (12) ---
**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 13, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3247 "2025-05-13T18:00:11Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Mets’ National collapse leads to sadness and tears. (12) LAMENTATIONS (anagram) * * * Rap mogul on trial for disturbing lucid hair groomers. (4, 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:** [May 14, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3248 "2025-05-14T03:13:04Z")
SEAN COMBS +++++ Tons of phlegm come back out (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 14, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3249 "2025-05-14T12:34:08Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Tons of phlegm come back out (4) SNOT * * * Very unpleasant condition has cross replaced with science fiction publisher for Christopher Wallace film. (9) ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3250 "2025-05-16T02:07:51Z")
NOTORIOUS (noxious - x + Tor) +++++++ Debts start in our usual spending (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 16, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3251 "2025-05-16T10:52:25Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Debts start in our usual spending (4) IOUS (first letters) * * * American emergency room mishap leads to common IT issue. (4, 5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3252 "2025-05-16T20:01:43Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > American emergency room mishap leads to common IT issue. (4, 5) USER ERROR (US+ER) ++++++ Watchman’s personality issues (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 17, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3253 "2025-05-17T13:24:38Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Watchman’s personality issues (9) RORSCHACH * * * Sly Arab heckler perplexes NBA star. (7, 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:** [May 20, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3254 "2025-05-20T01:10:25Z")
CHARLES BARKLEY (anagram sly Arab heckler) +++++ Speaking of hoops players, yours truly has quite the reputation all over the globe (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:** [May 20, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3255 "2025-05-20T10:57:19Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Speaking of hoops players, yours truly has quite the reputation all over the globe (7) EYEBALL (I ball) * * * The French gangsta and his circle arrive at toy-themed amusement park. (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:** [May 22, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3256 "2025-05-22T12:38:46Z")
LEGOLAND (LE + Gangster Original + LAND) ++++++ Got all mixed up when I ran road race in the Pyrenees (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:** [May 27, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3257 "2025-05-27T12:26:15Z")
Got all mixed up when I ran road race in a small country in the Pyrenees (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:** [May 27, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3258 "2025-05-27T17:16:07Z")
ANDORRA (anagram) * * * Tease a pastry to the beggar child. (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:** [May 30, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3259 "2025-05-30T02:03:28Z")
RAGAMUFFIN +++++ I was told my floatation device was surrounded by Her Majesty’s subway (5,4) ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3260 "2025-05-30T14:17:18Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > I was told my floatation device was surrounded by Her Majesty’s subway (5,4) INNER TUBE (in her tube) * * * Leave, Iowa! Remove that natural logarithm while you’re at it, but leave the houseplant. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3261 "2025-05-31T07:58:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Leave, Iowa! Remove that natural logarithm while you’re at it, but leave the houseplant. (7) BEGONIA (Begone-E+IA) I felt that I became a little lighter after reading the pentameter. (6) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=162) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=164)