# 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:** 34
**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 9, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/662 "2021-11-09T17:05:14Z")
Snuggle with food company (6) Nestle (double definition) +++++ Made Leon mixed drink (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 9, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/663 "2021-11-09T18:07:41Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Made Leon mixed drink (8) LEMONADE (anagram) * * * Give fruit drink to the Domino’s mascots or you’ll get nasal cavity tissue. (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:** [November 9, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/664 "2021-11-09T21:52:51Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Give fruit drink to the Domino’s mascots or you’ll get nasal cavity tissue. (8) ADENOIDS (ADE + NOIDS) +++++ Is that the nice tidal wave? The same. (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:** [November 10, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/665 "2021-11-10T20:23:39Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Is that the nice tidal wave? The same. (9) Crap. I didn’t factor in the “S” when I made my clue. Please ignore the “S.” ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/666 "2021-11-10T22:44:20Z")
That’s IDENTICAL (‘nice tidal’). A suitable hotel to stay in if a clarion goes off? (10) ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/667 "2021-11-10T23:21:35Z")
CALIFORNIA (“if a clarion”) Natural ingredient and contains initial nutrition (6) ---
**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 11, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/668 "2021-11-11T04:59:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Natural ingredient and contains initial nutrition (6) NIACIN +++++ Sounds like you’ll be going to a sinner bar to get mercuric sulfide. (8) ---
**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 11, 2021, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/669 "2021-11-11T05:11:14Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Sounds like you’ll be going to a sinner bar to get mercuric sulfide. (8) CINNABAR (“sinner bar” homophone) * * * What you plan to do with that corpse sounds so metal. (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 11, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/670 "2021-11-11T05:53:51Z")
What you plan to do with that corpse sounds so metal BARIUM (BURY 'EM) +++++ Hummus poses problem for artsy gift stores (6,5) ---
**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 11, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/671 "2021-11-11T23:36:31Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Hummus poses problem for artsy gift stores (6,5) MUSEUM SHOPS (hummus poses anagram) * * * Serial killer counselor could help treat mental disorders! (15) ---
**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 12, 2021, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/672 "2021-11-12T05:36:17Z")
PSYCHOTHERAPIST (Psycho Therapist) +++++ Wild and crazy guy smashed tavern items (5, 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 12, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/673 "2021-11-12T11:57:20Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Wild and crazy guy smashed tavern items (5, 6) STEVE MARTIN (tavern items) * * * Dark side in dork, returning to Alaska town. (5, 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 13, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/674 "2021-11-13T15:19:18Z")
“Dark side” is the definition – IN + word for dork + Alaska town backwards ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/675 "2021-11-13T17:24:33Z")
INNER DEMON (IN + NERD + NOME backwards) Och, when you and your S.O. vacation this year, remember New Scotland. (4, 6) ---
**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 13, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/676 "2021-11-13T18:05:41Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Och, when you and your S.O. vacation this year, remember New Scotland. (4, 6) Nova Scotia (anagram of S.O. vacation) +++++ A cryptic crossword clue by Shakespeare’s rules. (6, 10) ---
**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 13, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/677 "2021-11-13T21:49:31Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > A cryptic crossword clue by Shakespeare’s rules. (6, 10) IAMBIC PENTAMETER (&lit–nice use of imabic pentameter in the clue, btw) * * * Mathematician: bizarrely he sent after love god acquiring Austria’s domain. (12) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/678 "2021-11-14T02:30:06Z")
ERATOSTHENES (AT in EROS + ‘He sent’). Gangster who excels at knitting neck warmers? (8) ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/679 "2021-11-14T02:56:14Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > Gangster who excels at knitting neck warmers? (8) SCARFACE (scarf ace) * * * Decorative coin displayed next to, um, a hunk (11) ---
**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 14, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/680 "2021-11-14T17:59:01Z")
Decorative coin displayed next to, um, a hunk (11) CENTERPIECE (Cent + er + piece) +++++ Covering and plugging for a person’s ear (7) ---
**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:** [November 14, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/681 "2021-11-14T18:19:36Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Covering and plugging for a person’s ear (7) Cerumen? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=35)