# 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:** 20
**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 21, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/381 "2021-08-21T13:06:40Z")
HERESY (Hershey - h)? ---
**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:** [August 21, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/382 "2021-08-21T15:26:06Z")
I have tried every combination of hershey without an h or hersheys without both h’s. I have googled looking for even the most obscure bomb sites. I have pored through synonyms for chocolate. I have considered Hershey to be a misdirection and examined other candy bars and bomb sites starting with S. Ersatz is the only 6-letter word starting with ERS-. I got nothing. ---
**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 21, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/383 "2021-08-21T21:55:53Z")
[Well, dang.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_(book)) ---
**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 21, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/384 "2021-08-21T22:20:00Z")
Meaning…? ---
**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 21, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/385 "2021-08-21T22:25:41Z")
Dunno how much plainer I can make it that John Hersey wrote a book examining some outcomes of the bombing of Hiroshima. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/386 "2021-08-22T04:47:27Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Chocolate bar _with_ no height examined bomb site. (still 6) HERSEY (Hershey without the second “H”) (somehow all my frantic googling missed this author) +++++ Ability to see two-by-four has something positive (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 22, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/387 "2021-08-22T10:00:30Z")
EYESIGHT (eight holding yes. Nice.) * * * Greater than units, or more than a vector (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:** [August 23, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/388 "2021-08-23T12:22:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Greater than units, or more than a vector (6) TENSOR (Tens + or) +++++ Painful relative is affiliated with a few good men. (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 23, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/389 "2021-08-23T13:08:14Z")
SORKIN (sore + kin, AFGM playwright) Satirist is a peculiar browned brother. (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:** [August 24, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/390 "2021-08-24T17:07:20Z")
Maybe he’s not as mainstream as I thought, but this person is a Jewish Texan who ran for governor in 2006. ---
**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 24, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/391 "2021-08-24T19:45:59Z")
I know who it is, but I’m disinclined to do a back-and-forth. ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/392 "2021-08-24T20:37:05Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Satirist is a peculiar browned brother. (5, 8) KINKY FRIEDMAN (kinky fried man) * * * Pack follows a hound to reorder (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:** [August 25, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/393 "2021-08-25T13:33:49Z")
Pack follows a hound to reorder (7) ANAGRAM (a + nag + ram) +++++ Ron’s lemonade mixture is inexpensive popular fare for college kids. (5, 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:** [August 25, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/394 "2021-08-25T15:02:19Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Ron’s lemonade mixture is inexpensive popular fare for college kids. (5, 7) Ramen noodles (anagram) +++++++ The surgeons used scandium and gold to reconstruct my friend’s shoulder. (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:** [August 25, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/395 "2021-08-25T16:09:00Z")
SCAPULA (Sc + Au + pal anagram) * * * Lastly supplies energy to rotate around sinister alignment (4, 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:** [August 25, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/396 "2021-08-25T16:44:47Z")
never mind ---
**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:** [August 26, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/397 "2021-08-26T12:19:08Z")
Is it AXIS POWERS? ---
**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 26, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/398 "2021-08-26T12:29:26Z")
Yup 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 26, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/399 "2021-08-26T15:28:33Z")
AXIS POWERS (powers after axis) +++++ Gamecock inoculator has trouble (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:** [August 26, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/400 "2021-08-26T15:59:00Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Gamecock inoculator has trouble (5, 8) SOUTH CAROLINA (anagram, their mascot) At the initiation, I see a good sign in this country. (12) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=21)