# 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:** 2
**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:** [June 28, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/21 "2021-06-28T14:11:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Indescribable tale following, in English and French (9) Ineffable (in + E + F + fable) +++++ Guide? Sounds like a lot to drink, to an American (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:** [June 28, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/22 "2021-06-28T21:46:29Z")
Leader Race deplorably, lacking a poll (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:** [June 29, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/23 "2021-06-29T04:33:29Z")
Race deplorably, lacking a poll (5) DERBY (DEPLORABLY - APOLL anagram) +++++ Onlooker carelessly betrays outside North Dakota (9) ---
**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:** [June 29, 2021, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/24 "2021-06-29T06:06:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Onlooker carelessly betrays outside North Dakota (9) BYSTANDER (anagram of BETRAYS with ND inside) +++++ Sofia found a stoat in her minestrone! (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:** [June 29, 2021, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/25 "2021-06-29T10:33:11Z")
Ermine (h **er mine** strone) Harsh penalty for folk tale is extreme (9) ---
**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:** [June 29, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/26 "2021-06-29T16:51:39Z")
Harsh penalty for folk tale is extreme (9) INEFFABLE (anagram of “FINE” + FABLE) +++++ Lunkhead deserving education (8) ---
**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:** [June 29, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/27 "2021-06-29T19:08:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Lunkhead deserving education (8) Learning ( **L** unk + **EARNING** ) +++++ Tin gear churned a churl (7) ---
**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:** [June 29, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/28 "2021-06-29T20:07:18Z")
Ingrate (anagram of “TIN GEAR” and “TEARING”) X ye & we Objectively (7) ---
**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:** [June 30, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/29 "2021-06-30T04:18:30Z")
X ye & we Objectively (7) TENUOUS [(Ten (x) + u (you) + ous (us)] ++++ Traditional lively luaus (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:** [June 30, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/30 "2021-06-30T10:59:20Z")
USUAL (luaus anagram) Mountain federal statute benefits camelid (6) ---
**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:** [June 30, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/31 "2021-06-30T15:09:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Mountain federal statute benefits camelid (6) Alpaca (ALP + ACA) +++++ Crazy cop lays Homeric nymph (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:** [June 30, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/32 "2021-06-30T15:18:13Z")
Calypso (cop + lays) Judge serves Indonesian soup to city leader (9) ---
**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:** [June 30, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/33 "2021-06-30T16:42:19Z")
Judge serves Indonesian soup to city leader (9) SOTOMAYOR (SOTO + MAYOR) +++++ Spirited nag outran gorilla (9) ---
**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:** [June 30, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/34 "2021-06-30T16:47:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Spirited nag outran gorilla (9) Orangutan (anagram of NAG OUTRAN) +++++ It touches on a mildly sunburned fella (6) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/35 "2021-06-30T16:58:03Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > It touches on a mildly sunburned fella (6) Shouldn’t that be (7)? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/36 "2021-06-30T18:30:44Z")
I am going to assume (7) It touches on a mildly sunburned fella TANGENT (TAN + GENT) +++++ Old TV show’s honorable guys donated a thousand and received a B (6, 3) ---
**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:** [June 30, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/37 "2021-06-30T22:14:58Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > It touches on a mildly sunburned fella (6) > > Shouldn’t that be (7)? D’Oh! Yes, it should. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/38 "2021-07-01T00:35:39Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Old TV show’s honorable guys donated a thousand and received a B (6, 3) GENTLE BEN (gentlemen - m + b) Gas for Mercedes driving from St. Louis to Chicago (7) ---
**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:** [July 1, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/39 "2021-07-01T01:25:46Z")
> [@"](#): > > Gas for Mercedes driving from St. Louis to Chicago (7) Benzene (BENZ + ENE, the direction from St. Louis to Chicago) +++++ You who take the red pill, write down beliefs, for what’s coined. (Let’s see, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.) (9) ---
**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:** [July 1, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/40 "2021-07-01T04:53:03Z")
You who take the red pill, write down beliefs, for what’s coined. (9) NEOLOGISM (NEO + LOG + ISM), +++++ Congressman ate Estonian’s caged animals (8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=3)