# 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:** 31
**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 20, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/601 "2021-10-20T12:20:37Z")
ABANDON (a band on) When Seiko brought out his chained sticks, there wasn’t a Charlie, Charles, Chaz or Charley to be seen. Not one. (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:** [October 20, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/602 "2021-10-20T12:35:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > When Seiko brought out his chained sticks, there wasn’t a Charlie, Charles, Chaz or Charley to be seen. Not one. (9) Nunchucks ———— Hungry babies who get taken for a ride (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 20, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/603 "2021-10-20T23:49:11Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Hungry babies who get taken for a ride (7) Suckers (double meaning) +++++ I used to be the East’s most confused whistler. (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:** [October 21, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/604 "2021-10-21T01:43:06Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I used to be the East’s most confused whistler. (9) Erstwhile (anagram of WHISTLER + E) * * * In departing, finally I rise (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:** [October 21, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/605 "2021-10-21T11:46:16Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > In departing, finally I rise (6) This way is better: In departing, I finally rise (6) ---
**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 21, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/606 "2021-10-21T14:42:46Z")
Leaven? ---
**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 21, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/607 "2021-10-21T14:53:36Z")
Yeast - at! ---
**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 21, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/608 "2021-10-21T15:57:50Z")
This street is a place for a large event such as a concert. (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:** [October 23, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/609 "2021-10-23T19:25:05Z")
Avenue (A VENUE; double meaning). ++++++ Anorexic arranged to have a mate iced (9) ---
**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 23, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/610 "2021-10-23T19:32:58Z")
EMACIATED (anagram of A MATE ICED) Alexander Graham noised it about that he had invented the phonograph first. (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:** [October 23, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/611 "2021-10-23T20:14:25Z")
EDISON (noised anagram) * * * My boy and Paul Hewson are with Chaz’s dad. (5, 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 24, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/612 "2021-10-24T13:48:16Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > My boy and Paul Hewson are with Chaz’s dad. (5, 4) Sonny Bono +++++ If you destroy your ship, you’ll find you have no motors. (8) ---
**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 24, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/613 "2021-10-24T13:56:31Z")
NOSTROMO (anagram of NO MOTORS) Your choice of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irvin, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt or Michael Jackson. (10) ---
**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 24, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/614 "2021-10-24T14:03:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Your choice of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irvin, John Young, Charles Duke, Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt or Michael Jackson. (10) Moonwalker (Heh) +++++ Here in Bow Bells, we harks to what happens on the pitch, Clayton. (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:** [October 24, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/615 "2021-10-24T15:33:36Z")
Here in Bow Bells, we harks to what happens on the pitch, Clayton. (7) KERSHAW (anagram) +++++ “Christmas music again?!?” weary man explodes. (4, 2, 1, 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:** [October 24, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/616 "2021-10-24T16:47:43Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > “Christmas music again?!?” weary man explodes. (4, 2, 1, 6) AWAY IN A MANGER (“again weary man” anagram) * * * Visitor from Berlin stumbles into setting for _It_ during redistricting. (11) ---
**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 24, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/617 "2021-10-24T23:24:52Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Visitor from Berlin stumbles into setting for _It_ during redistricting. (11) Gerrymander (GERMAN with intermingled jumbled DERRY) —————— Moist red goat left ditzy superficial MD. (13) ---
**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 25, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/618 "2021-10-25T23:13:35Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Moist red goat left ditzy superficial MD. (13) DERMATOLOGIST (MOIST + RED + GOAT +L anagram) +++++ It’s not Constantinople, but nails can be arranged… (8) ---
**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 25, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/619 "2021-10-25T23:19:06Z")
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks. ISTANBUL (anagram of BUT NAILS) Lulu’s running backwards across the headless nation, and vocalizing oddly. (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:** [October 26, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/620 "2021-10-26T03:38:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Lulu’s running backwards across the headless nation, and vocalizing oddly. (9) ULULATION (LULU reversed + NATION - N) Bannon’s idea reveals legal position (6) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=32)