# 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:** 18
**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:** [August 13, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/341 "2021-08-13T20:47:08Z")
My best guess is FLOUT, U + FLOT (Forward Line of Own Troops), but I don’t see a definition for it. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/342 "2021-08-13T23:20:33Z")
Look [here](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/REMF) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/343 "2021-08-14T07:14:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Leg broken, you were put with the others off the front line. (5) Femur (anagram of U + REMF)\* \*(REMF = Rear Echelon Mother Fucker) +++++ Hey Gertrude, Snagglepus invoked a Trudy-o-gram, maybe. (10) ---
**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:** [August 14, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/344 "2021-08-14T13:54:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Hey Gertrude, Snagglepus invoked a Trudy-o-gram, maybe. (10) MURGATROYD (Trudy-o-gram anagram) * * * Star of _Striptease_ loses end of costume ornament by coffee cup (9) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/345 "2021-08-14T14:13:46Z")
DEMITASSE (Demi {Moore} \_ tassel, definition) Though there was a bit of a mix-up, I inherited all the tinned meat, thank heavens. (8) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/346 "2021-08-15T23:45:42Z")
Need a clue? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/347 "2021-08-15T23:51:42Z")
Yes, please. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/348 "2021-08-15T23:53:19Z")
Mix-up = anagram of words indicated by “I inherited” and “tinned meat” together with a “heavenly” theme ---
**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:** [August 16, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/349 "2021-08-16T00:28:32Z")
SERAPHIM (heir + spam) * * * Demand brat or song. (9) ---
**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:** [August 16, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/350 "2021-08-16T08:22:47Z")
IMPORTUNE (imp + or + tune) * * * Provoke the proverbially lost (6) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/351 "2021-08-16T08:45:08Z")
NEEDLE (double def.) Widescreen format will allow woman to fight for audience (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:** [August 16, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/352 "2021-08-16T14:20:16Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > Widescreen format will allow woman to fight for audience (9) Letterbox (let her box) +++++ After ingesting drug you’ll feel like foxy cod on euphoric stupor (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:** [August 16, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/353 "2021-08-16T14:28:27Z")
Should that be (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:** [August 16, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/354 "2021-08-16T15:55:32Z")
Indeed - 9. Apologies. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/355 "2021-08-16T17:27:14Z")
> [@](#): > > After ingesting drug you’ll feel like f **oxy cod on e** uphoric stupor (8) Oxycodone (Hidden word) +++++ Indian flatware (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:** [August 17, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/356 "2021-08-17T10:53:57Z")
ONEIDA (double definition) * * * Discouraged unit holds oval formation, returning Bowie knife (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:** [August 17, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/357 "2021-08-17T14:41:24Z")
DAGGER (rad + egg) Teuton eccentricity is actually pertinent. (7) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/358 "2021-08-17T14:48:47Z")
That’s GERMANE (German + E). Broadcast from all directions, bizarre acts (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:** [August 17, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/359 "2021-08-17T15:22:40Z")
NEWSCAST (news + acts anagram) * * * Constricting fashion targets inn (10) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/360 "2021-08-18T04:31:13Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Constricting fashion targets inn (10) ASTRINGENT (“targets inn” anagram) Amused editor finalizes probe against endless pollution. (11) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=19)