# 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:** 22
**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 30, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/421 "2021-08-30T15:13:24Z")
Is the extra “your” supposed to be there? ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/422 "2021-08-30T18:06:37Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Knock your yourself out examining the dreidel (5,4,3,3) No. Sorry about that. Knock yourself out examining the dreidel (5,4,3,3) ---
**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 30, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/423 "2021-08-30T18:42:49Z")
Going over the top? ---
**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 30, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/424 "2021-08-30T23:18:41Z")
Affirmative. ---
**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 31, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/425 "2021-08-31T00:47:37Z")
'Twas the time of the many works of Victor Vasarely. (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:** [August 31, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/426 "2021-08-31T01:30:21Z")
Should the length be (2, 3) as in OP ART? ---
**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 31, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/427 "2021-08-31T02:18:53Z")
Nope, one word, five letters. But you are on the right track! ---
**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 31, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/428 "2021-08-31T12:13:24Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 'Twas the time of the many works of Victor Vasarely. (5) Opera (op + era)? ---
**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 31, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/429 "2021-08-31T12:22:01Z")
Correct. (Opera is also the plural of opus = many works.) ---
**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 31, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/430 "2021-08-31T12:51:26Z")
Stone falling into the sea doesn’t much matter (1,4,2,3,5) ---
**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 31, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/431 "2021-08-31T13:05:14Z")
A DROP IN THE OCEAN (double definition) * * * Often twisted in bank ledger (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:** [August 31, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/432 "2021-08-31T13:56:20Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Often twisted in bank ledger (5) ANKLE (hidden word) * * * Substitute Phosphorous for Nitrogen and remove Oxygen from turtle to make a cat. (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 31, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/433 "2021-08-31T17:29:21Z")
Substitute Phosphorous for Nitrogen and remove Oxygen from turtle to make a cat. (7) LEOPARD (Leonardo, with P replacing N and minus O) +++++ Nefarious bad boy went on British television show (7,5) ---
**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 31, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/434 "2021-08-31T18:11:31Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Nefarious bad boy went on British television show (7,5) Downton Abbey (anagram) +++++ (From the Oracle) “If the Childe of Destinie you’d see/In the coombe yon cenotaph holds the key.” (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:** [August 31, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/435 "2021-08-31T18:22:31Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > (From the Oracle) “If the Childe of Destinie you’d see/In the coombe yon cenotaph holds the key.” (7) BEYONCE (hidden word) * * * Hey pinhead, specify how you inserted that femur backwards. (8) ---
**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 1, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/436 "2021-09-01T12:44:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Hey pinhead, specify how you inserted that femur backwards. (8) Cenobite (C + bone (backwards) + ite) ++++ Virtually running to a wedding? (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 1, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/437 "2021-09-01T13:26:58Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Virtually running to a wedding? (5) ELOPE (e-lope) * * * Game benefit includes huge time. (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:** [September 2, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/438 "2021-09-02T01:40:32Z")
Game benefit includes huge time. (9) OPERATION [Op(era)tion] +++++ A hen whimpers mournfully where ambitious politicians go. (3, 9) ---
**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:** [September 2, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/439 "2021-09-02T05:04:08Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > A hen whimpers mournfully where ambitious politicians go. (3, 9) New Hampshire (a hen whimpers) ++++++++++++ Replace second wheel? (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:** [September 2, 2021, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/440 "2021-09-02T10:58:15Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Replace second wheel? (6) Would the answer be “retire”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=23)