# 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:** 33
**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:** [November 2, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/642 "2021-11-02T21:22:37Z")
LEXICON (anagram of NICE LOX) They trapped the raptor in a skewed circle (6) ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/643 "2021-11-03T22:08:59Z")
Clue: double definition, one of which is an anagram of the other ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/644 "2021-11-03T23:34:04Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > They trapped the raptor in a skewed circle (6) Condor (anagram of CORDON) +++++ Sleepy rodent who can’t pay room dues rests in a teapot. (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:** [November 4, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/645 "2021-11-04T01:32:57Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Sleepy rodent who can’t pay room dues rests in a teapot. (8) DORMOUSE (room dues) * * * Questionably sane as bucket is to Rudy (4, 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:** [November 5, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/646 "2021-11-05T11:29:21Z")
The answer is an actor. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/647 "2021-11-05T14:32:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Questionably sane as bucket is to Rudy (4, 5) Sean Astin (anagram of SANE + AS + TIN) +++++ Andersen made this inert solid steadfast. (3, 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:** [November 6, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/648 "2021-11-06T00:02:05Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > The answer is an actor. This is why synonym anagrams are typically avoided in cryptics. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/649 "2021-11-06T00:19:41Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Andersen made this inert solid steadfast. (3, 7) TIN SOLDIER (INERT SOLID anagram; &lit clue–nice!) +++++++++++++++ Emergency room tirade is improper (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:** [November 6, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/650 "2021-11-06T03:41:32Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Andersen made this inert solid steadfast. (3, 7) I agree this was an awesome clue. Kudos! +++++ I think the Sean Astin clue was OK. It is quite acceptable to have an anagram plus a synonym. It is only generally frowned upon to have a synonym that must be guessed and then itself anagrammed. +++++ Emergency room tirade is improper (6) ERRANT (ER + RANT) +++++ Unorthodox theologians might produce collections of their writings (11) ---
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/651 "2021-11-06T11:46:27Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > This is why synonym anagrams are typically avoided in cryptics. Since when? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/652 "2021-11-06T12:01:48Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Unorthodox theologians might produce collections of their writings (11) ANTHOLOGIES (anagram) * * * Cacophonous opera comes from place people try to flee (6, 4) ---
**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:** [November 7, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/653 "2021-11-07T12:10:31Z")
Anagram of “opera comes” ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/654 "2021-11-07T12:44:19Z")
That was ESCAPE ROOM Magnificence of a joke in early summer (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:** [November 8, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/655 "2021-11-08T04:16:36Z")
MAJESTY [MA(JEST)Y] container +++++ Freakish Satyr on Uranus was once a terrible Earth monster (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:** [November 8, 2021, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/656 "2021-11-08T05:46:57Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Freakish Satyr on Uranus was once a terrible Earth monster (13) TYRANNOSAURUS (anagram of SATYR ON URANUS) +++++ I’m not sure it’s a trick (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:** [November 8, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/657 "2021-11-08T18:53:18Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I’m not sure it’s a trick (5) AAAAAUUUUGGGGHHHHH! Correction: I’m not sure it’s a trick (4) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/658 "2021-11-08T19:12:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I’m not sure it’s a trick (4) RUSE (sure) I was about to ask if the answer was supposed to be 4 letters. * * * Alias is horrible. Rename us. (8) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/659 "2021-11-08T21:09:21Z")
USERNAME Encountered George II, III, and IV in Little Rock (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:** [November 9, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/660 "2021-11-09T05:16:06Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > Encountered George II, III, and IV in Little Rock (6) METEOR (MET + 2nd, 3rd, and 4th letters of gEORge) * * * Prayer for seal initially trapped by hunter. (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:** [November 9, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/661 "2021-11-09T11:35:01Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Prayer for seal initially trapped by hunter. (6) ORISON (s + orion) * * * Snuggle with food company (6) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=34)