# 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:** 27
**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 26, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/521 "2021-09-26T22:49:26Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Take coffee substitute, scrub the carbon on top, add potassium, and get a Carya tree (7) Hickory (chicory - C + K) * * * Ahoy! Need oxygen! Jerk! (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:** [September 27, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/522 "2021-09-27T00:09:33Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Ahoy! Need oxygen! Jerk! (5) Yahoo (ahoy + O) +++++ Piglet called Pooh back, then he called Hal back (as if it was a big deal). (7) ---
**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 27, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/523 "2021-09-27T04:06:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Piglet called Pooh back, then he called Hal back (as if it was a big deal). (7) HOOPLAH (pooh backwards + hal backwards) Up there is one skull. (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:** [September 27, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/524 "2021-09-27T04:29:14Z")
Up there is one skull. (5) AHEAD (A + Head) ++++++ Vice President trashed valentine — so sad. (5, 9) ---
**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 27, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/525 "2021-09-27T15:16:16Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Vice President trashed valentine — so sad. (5, 9) ADLAI STEVENSON (valentine + so + sad) * * * Mixed red peppers provided by favorite relative. ---
**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 27, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/526 "2021-09-27T15:40:52Z")
How many letters? ---
**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 27, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/527 "2021-09-27T16:57:09Z")
Mixed red peppers provided by favorite relative. (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:** [September 28, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/528 "2021-09-28T20:50:37Z")
Nepotism (anagram of PIMENTOS) ++++++ He’ll let you call him that to his face, but through emails? Fucked up. (6) ETA: Happy Dope birthday to me! 🥳 ---
**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 28, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/529 "2021-09-28T21:02:06Z")
**Yay! kaylasdad99! Yay!** 😃 🎆 🎇 🎶 ☑ 😃 ---
**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 29, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/530 "2021-09-29T13:17:54Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > He’ll let you call him that to his face, but through emails? Fucked up. (6) ISMAEL (emails anagram) Happy Birthday! * * * Soccer legend returned with Harrison in time for white sale item. (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:** [September 30, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/531 "2021-09-30T06:01:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Soccer legend returned with Harrison in time for white sale item. (8) ELEPHANT (PELE backwards + HAN + T) +++++ Steve McGarret dug through the endless uranium, and found a little boy flower. (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:** [September 30, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/532 "2021-09-30T12:28:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Steve McGarret dug through the endless uranium, and found a little boy flower. (9) Anthurium? ---
**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 30, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/533 "2021-09-30T15:29:17Z")
Correct. ---
**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 30, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/534 "2021-09-30T15:46:14Z")
How is it Anthurium? ---
**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 30, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/535 "2021-09-30T16:07:05Z")
I wasn’t sure either. The ANT comes from the overlap, and the IUM from “endless [the front end I guess] uranium”. But unclear to me where the HUR in the middle comes from. Otherwise it fit the clue, hence the ?. Nevertheless, Careful with that axe, mumu and gamma ray, Eugene. (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:** [September 30, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/536 "2021-09-30T16:43:59Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > How is it Anthurium? Anagram of URANIUM + TH. (“the” endless is “th”) When you dig through that, you mix up the letters. “Steve McGarret” was an extra hint to point you at Hawaii, where anthuriums are called “little boy flowers.” ---
**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 30, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/537 "2021-09-30T23:29:57Z")
Nice 👍 In play: Careful with that axe, mumu and gamma ray, Eugene. (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:** [October 1, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/538 "2021-10-01T17:47:25Z")
Careful with that axe, mumu and gamma ray, Eugene. (9) UMMAGUMMA (anagram mumu, gamma) +++++ Alarming activity along the border. (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:** [October 2, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/539 "2021-10-02T06:37:10Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Alarming activity along the border. (8) marginal (anagram) +++++ Nan dissolves with glee at the idea of plastic lab equipment (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:** [October 2, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/540 "2021-10-02T15:19:26Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Nan dissolves with glee at the idea of plastic lab equipment (7) NALGENE (nan + glee) * * * Rock star rearranges immense song (4, 7) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=28)