# 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:** 169
**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:** [September 19, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3362 "2025-09-19T21:56:02Z")
VERSION (VERSE - E + ION) * * * Desperate moan - sin? (7) ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3363 "2025-09-19T22:19:23Z")
ONANISM - anagram + example of Small million with a medium oozes from cock hole. (5) ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3364 "2025-09-20T08:09:05Z")
Ah fuck i thought i fixed it! Its 6, Im careless (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:** [September 23, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3365 "2025-09-23T20:00:48Z")
SMEGMA (S+MEG+M+A) ++++++ Panama nil and Philippines are in! (6) ---
**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:** [September 23, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3366 "2025-09-23T20:34:04Z")
MANILA (hidden word) * * * The French, confused, check vain Steve’s annoying jingle (4, 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:** [September 25, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3367 "2025-09-25T12:42:15Z")
LAVA CHICKEN (anagram LA+CHECK+VAIN) +++++ Hostility erupts in a New York minute (6) ---
**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:** [September 25, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3368 "2025-09-25T13:42:39Z")
ENMITY (NY + TIME anagram) * * * Going astray, they broach star observer (5, 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:** [September 25, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3369 "2025-09-25T19:19:44Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Going astray, they broach star observer (5, 5) TYCHO BRAHE (anagram) * * * Sidestep that pig. Check out that spiny critter instead. (8) ---
**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:** [September 26, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3370 "2025-09-26T12:54:08Z")
Heh, that was much quicker than the last one. More knowledge of past astronomers than recent movies. 😆 ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3371 "2025-09-27T12:36:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Sidestep that pig. Check out that spiny critter instead. (8) HEDGEHOG (double meaning) +++++ Monster goes back inside? (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:** [September 27, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3372 "2025-09-27T14:10:22Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Monster goes back inside? (4) OGRE (hidden word backwards) * * * I cherish this garnish. (6) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3373 "2025-09-27T19:51:32Z")
RELISH (double definition) Chance bullet destroyed photograph (4) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3374 "2025-09-30T09:18:15Z")
Hint: It’s a quadruple definition clue. All four words share a synonym ---
**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, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3375 "2025-09-30T20:10:47Z")
SHOT * * * Circle plus eternal punishment circle equals Shakesperean protagonist. (7) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3376 "2025-09-30T22:55:16Z")
OTHELLO ( O + T + HELL + O) - Not sure where the T comes from, though. * * * Burdened down? Unfair! (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:** [October 1, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3377 "2025-10-01T11:09:22Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Not sure where the T comes from, though. plus + looks like a t ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3378 "2025-10-02T04:28:12Z")
LOADED Double definition. Sounds final, one girl inside bed who song is sung for. (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:** [October 2, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3379 "2025-10-02T11:00:17Z")
> [@NotEncinoMan](#): > > Sounds final, one girl inside bed who song is sung for. (9) DEDICATED? ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3380 "2025-10-02T11:05:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > DEDICATED Very close ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3381 "2025-10-03T01:28:41Z")
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