# 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:** 30
**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:** [October 14, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/581 "2021-10-14T15:35:26Z")
Well, the M is right. Maybe: Little Women go mad as rabbits this season (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:** [October 14, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/582 "2021-10-14T18:11:57Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Little women go mad for basketball this season. (5) MARCH (double definition) +++++ Experimentally misplace ice outside: this could lead to a disaster. (8, 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:** [October 14, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/583 "2021-10-14T23:47:16Z")
Maybe better: Experimentally misplace ice outside: this could lead to an environmental disaster. (8, 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:** [October 15, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/584 "2021-10-15T15:32:11Z")
Dayuuhhhh is Chernobyl part of the answer? ---
**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 15, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/585 "2021-10-15T16:46:53Z")
No Chernobyl, but the CH start is right. ---
**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 16, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/586 "2021-10-16T02:48:19Z")
Hint: anagram/container ---
**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 16, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/587 "2021-10-16T09:01:06Z")
If it was (5, 8) instead of (8, 5), then CHINA SYNDROME might work… ---
**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 16, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/588 "2021-10-16T11:48:53Z")
CH + (anagram) + ??? ---
**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 16, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/589 "2021-10-16T12:30:37Z")
Is the first word a location? ---
**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 16, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/590 "2021-10-16T13:35:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > a location? No location. The outside word is a synonym for ice, as in “Please ice the beer so we can drink it later.” The anagram is indicated from the text of the clue. I like to almost always have any cryptic anagram to be directly a word or words taken from the clue. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/591 "2021-10-16T15:49:44Z")
CHEMICAL SPILL (CHILL around MISPLACE anagrammed) Hello, Poppets! Well, Hello, messily insured Poppets! (5’1) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/592 "2021-10-17T13:15:00Z")
I guess I did that wrong. Let’s try: Hello, Dolly! Well, hello, Dolly, you’re a mixed up mess of insurance it Seems (5’1) ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/593 "2021-10-17T15:49:39Z")
LLOYD’S (Dollys anagram) * * * Cram into a set on this California city. (10) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/594 "2021-10-17T20:53:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Cram into a set on this California city. (10) Sacramento (CRAM + anagramed A SET ON) ———- In her remarks the Senator mentioned pain and suffering (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:** [October 17, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/595 "2021-10-17T23:34:24Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > In her remarks the Sena **tor ment** ioned pain and suffering (7) > > (bolding mine) TORMENT (hidden word) When the mathematician made a thong go-go, he got to this degree. (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:** [October 18, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/596 "2021-10-18T01:00:01Z")
NTH (thong - go) * * * Seven and seven equals elevated orb (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:** [October 19, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/597 "2021-10-19T01:10:14Z")
“Seven and seven” refers to something else besides math. ---
**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 19, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/598 "2021-10-19T12:03:02Z")
HIGHBALL (double definition) +++++ Llama’s great play could send it here? (3-4, 4) ---
**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 20, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/599 "2021-10-20T11:53:47Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Llama’s great play could send it here? (3-4, 4) All-Star Game (anagram) +++++ Did you say you’ve got a mess o’ the Leo, Ma? You may be entitled to compensation! (12) ---
**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:** [October 20, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/600 "2021-10-20T12:09:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Did you say you’ve got a mess o’ the Leo, Ma? You may be entitled to compensation! (12) Mesothelioma (homophone) ——— When the Titanic went into the sea, a band on deck was left behind (7) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=31)