# 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:** 171
**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 10, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3402 "2025-10-10T18:39:58Z")
> [@NotEncinoMan](#): > > A female big? We need less rag to make all that. (7) LARGESS (double meaning/anagram) * * * It’s vital to decrease and bump the first behind the Mexican aunt. (9) ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3403 "2025-10-11T01:25:17Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > It’s vital to decrease and bump the first behind the Mexican aunt. (9) ESSENTIAL (LESSEN bumped + TIA) ++++++!++ Destory orc with nails or the fronts of unicorns. (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:** [October 11, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3404 "2025-10-11T13:31:07Z")
CLARIONS (orc+nails) * * * Telematic service on Betelgeuse. (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:** [October 11, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3405 "2025-10-11T14:47:41Z")
How does “clarions” play off of the previous answer? ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3406 "2025-10-11T18:22:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Telematic service on Betelgeuse. (6) ONSTAR (on star) +++++ Toughened labor movements everywhere! (6, 3, 5) ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3407 "2025-10-11T19:03:34Z")
Nope, as Biotop says, it doesmt follow but amlther anagram does. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3408 "2025-10-11T19:14:32Z")
> [@NotEncinoMan](#): > > Destory orc with nails or the fronts of unicorns. (8) So we are back here. ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3409 "2025-10-12T01:04:31Z")
Maybe ‘tips of unicorns’ ? The horn, its Latin I think, used in alchemy maybe ---
**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:** [October 13, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3410 "2025-10-13T01:42:18Z")
> [@NotEncinoMan](#): > > Destory orc with nails or the fronts of unicorns. (8) ALICORNS (anagram) ++++++ > [@Biotop](#): > > Toughened labor movements everywhere! (6, 3, 5) AROUND THE GLOBE (anagram) ++++++ Bewilderment or best flashing light (6) Overlaps one solution at the start and the other at the end. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3411 "2025-10-13T02:37:06Z")
- > [@Oly](#): > > Bewilderment or best flashing light (6) STROBE (or best\*) ++++++ Mysterious disturbance might be coming from that historic sleep chamber. (3, 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:** [October 13, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3412 "2025-10-13T11:06:12Z")
Bed curtains? ---
**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:** [October 13, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3413 "2025-10-13T14:25:36Z")
You got it. ---
**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 14, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3414 "2025-10-14T01:10:03Z")
Playing off BED CURTAINS * * * Confucious say provoke wisdom. (7) ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3415 "2025-10-14T19:04:14Z")
INSIGHT (sounds like incote) Fiddle with the final note of wood instrument’s sound. (6) ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3416 "2025-10-17T08:57:14Z")
I thin maybe better would be:: Fiddle with the final note of sound quality wood. (6) Same solution as above which takes more of a stretch to parse ---
**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:** [October 20, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3417 "2025-10-20T12:57:24Z")
TIMBER (from timbre) +++++ Noisy beats are in our beanies (6) ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3418 "2025-10-21T10:25:02Z")
BERETS (sound of BEETS with R (our)) +++++ Oversharing about flipped shithole makes waves. (7) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3419 "2025-10-21T10:46:34Z")
TSUNAMI (TMI plus reversed ANUS) Cryptic glibness has pros and cons (5,8) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3420 "2025-10-21T10:54:03Z")
> [@NotEncinoMan](#): > > Oversharing about flipped shithole makes waves. (7) TSUNAMI (TMI + anus backwards) * * * As a lad, I’m a contrarian who loves this Star Wars character. (7) ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/3421 "2025-10-21T11:27:36Z")
Cryptic glibness has pros and cons (5,8) MIXED BLESSING (definition, anagram, definition) Give me a second or Konowed have a go [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=172)