# 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:** 3
**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, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/41 "2021-07-01T10:44:39Z")
Manatees (container) Guarantee includes a mouth (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:** [July 1, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/42 "2021-07-01T15:12:34Z")
Guarantee includes a mouth (7) ESTUARY [SURETY +A (anagram)] +++++ Wise about criminal tasered not that very long ago (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:** [July 2, 2021, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/43 "2021-07-02T10:01:46Z")
Yesterday (Y + tasered + Y) Spiny tail causes havoc in Michigan city ---
**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 2, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/44 "2021-07-02T14:32:49Z")
Spiny tail causes havoc in Michigan city YPSILANTI (anagram) ++++ Old daft auntie accepts Q (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 2, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/45 "2021-07-02T16:43:57Z")
> [@](#): > > Old daft auntie accepts Q (7) Antique +++++ What? The head of a Doper? In Canada? (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:** [July 2, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/46 "2021-07-02T21:19:47Z")
Quebec (Que + Bec(kdawreck)) Doctor who elects con stumbles. (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:** [July 3, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/47 "2021-07-03T00:30:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Doctor who elects con stumbles. (9) Eccleston +++++ He loved a mystery, with a trolly and an explosion. (4, 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:** [July 3, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/48 "2021-07-03T04:31:45Z")
He loved a mystery, with a trolly and an explosion. (4, 7) TONY RANDALL (TROLLY AND AN anagram) +++++ Gorilla at circus is a dangerous animal (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:** [July 3, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/49 "2021-07-03T10:50:04Z")
Alligator (gorilla at) Twisting force causes a clog to back up for friar (10) ---
**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 4, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/50 "2021-07-04T04:23:21Z")
Twisting force causes a clog to back up for friar (10) TORQUEMADA (TORQUE + MAD A (reversal) +++++ Spot a shaky point at reconstruction (10) ---
**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 5, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/51 "2021-07-05T19:00:29Z")
Best I can come up with is ADSORPTION, but I’m sure that’s not it. ---
**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 5, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/52 "2021-07-05T23:30:38Z")
Hint: the overlap is ADA------ and the definition is listed as a synonym when I plug the ADA------ word into the synonym finder online. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/53 "2021-07-06T11:51:43Z")
Adaptation? ---
**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 6, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/54 "2021-07-06T14:45:26Z")
You got it! ---
**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:** [July 6, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/55 "2021-07-06T16:49:58Z")
If you don’t mind divulging, apart from being a synonym of reconstruction, how does “adaptation” relate to the rest of the clue? ---
**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 6, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/56 "2021-07-06T17:01:01Z")
AD (spot) + A + anagram of “point at” I couldn’t get past the synonym for “spot,” thinking it was mark/stain. Synonyms usually hang me up. You win Oly. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/57 "2021-07-06T17:06:26Z")
I am horrible at anagrams. How does shaky fit in? ---
**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 6, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/58 "2021-07-06T17:18:48Z")
Whenever there’s a word that indicates shaking, vibrating, coming apart, that’s a clue that one or more of the adjacent words will be anagrammed. This article explains all the Cryptic Crossword tricks. > **[4 Ways to Solve a Cryptic Crossword - wikiHow](https://www.wikihow.com/Solve-a-Cryptic-Crossword)** > > Unlike standard or "New York Times-style" crosswords, cryptic crossword clues almost never have a literal meaning. Instead of reading such a clue to determine its answer, you must carefully decode it in order to reveal the answer. Every... ---
**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:** [July 6, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/59 "2021-07-06T18:24:41Z")
Wow! I never knew there was a system to these. No wonder I’ve always been crap at them. Thanks for that edification. Y’all best watch out now! So…last word was ADAPTATION. +++++ Why study oolong tea? (8) ---
**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 7, 2021, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/60 "2021-07-07T04:35:48Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Why study oolong tea? (8) ONTOLOGY [anagram of oolong + Y(why) + T (tea)] Perverted orgy sandwich (4) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=4)