# 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:** 24
**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 7, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/461 "2021-09-07T17:33:11Z")
EDWARD? container (Edward Scissorhands?) ---
**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:** [September 7, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/462 "2021-09-07T17:41:10Z")
Yep. You’re up. ---
**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 7, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/463 "2021-09-07T18:54:13Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > (Found on Craigslist) FOR SALE: Red Wardrobe. Will trade for your topiary services. (6) EDWARD (container) +++++ Bad boy’s ten machines need overhauling (6, 3, 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:** [September 8, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/464 "2021-09-08T07:11:36Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Bad boy’s ten machines need overhauling (6, 3, 6) That’s very good you know. But, in keeping with my disinclination to volley, I’ll hold off until someone else gets a chance. ---
**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 8, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/465 "2021-09-08T14:55:30Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Bad boy’s ten machines need overhauling (6, 3, 6) DENNIS THE MENACE (ten machines need anagram) * * * Czech raves “A provocative civil rights activist!” (5, 6) ---
**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 9, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/466 "2021-09-09T17:29:15Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Czech raves “A provocative civil rights activist!” (5, 6) CESAR CHAVEZ (anagram of “Czech raves A”) Prophet speaks of undemanding founder. (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:** [September 9, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/467 "2021-09-09T20:48:43Z")
Prophet speaks of undemanding founder. (7) EZEKIEL ( “easy keel”) +++++ Acrobatic girl can leap the enormous vegetable bulbs. (8, 6) ---
**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 10, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/468 "2021-09-10T05:04:34Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Acrobatic girl can leap the enormous vegetable bulbs. (8, 6) ELPHANT GARLIC (“girl can leap the” anagram) I see one hundred famous guitarist spikes. (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:** [September 10, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/469 "2021-09-10T12:19:44Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > I see one hundred famous guitarist spikes. (7) Icicles (charades: I + see + 1 + C + Les) ++++++ Spread mustard effusively and ruin appetizer (6) ---
**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 10, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/470 "2021-09-10T14:10:27Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Spread mustard effusively and ruin appetizer (6) Correction: Spread mustard effusively and ruin appetizer (5) ---
**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:** [September 10, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/471 "2021-09-10T14:40:54Z")
SMEAR (first letters of words)? ---
**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 10, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/472 "2021-09-10T14:57:28Z")
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:** [September 10, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/473 "2021-09-10T15:55:24Z")
Regarding a French night as painted Impressionistically (6) ---
**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 10, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/474 "2021-09-10T19:18:25Z")
Renoir (RE + noir) ---
**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 10, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/475 "2021-09-10T20:17:48Z")
Assuming that’s correct: Avoid walking on the muddled edge of dimmer outer areas (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:** [September 10, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/476 "2021-09-10T21:33:17Z")
_Renoir is correct._ ---
**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 12, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/477 "2021-09-12T15:05:12Z")
Need a hint. ---
**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 12, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/478 "2021-09-12T18:33:12Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Avoid walking on the muddled edge of dimmer outer areas (7) Avoid walking = solution key muddled = puzzle key edge of dimmer outer = puzzle words ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/479 "2021-09-13T14:22:56Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Avoid walking = solution key > > muddled = puzzle key > > edge of dimmer outer = puzzle words Avoid walking = solution key (as in, don’t go that way) muddled = puzzle key = anagram edge of dimmer outer = puzzle words ---
**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:** [September 13, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/480 "2021-09-13T15:28:07Z")
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