# 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:** 35
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/682 "2021-11-14T18:23:42Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Cerumen? No, Try again. You will know if you get it right. ---
**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, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/683 "2021-11-14T22:00:15Z")
CEILING (homophone of sealing). Stones taken from Doctor Strange (7) ---
**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 15, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/684 "2021-11-15T01:34:47Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > Stones taken from Doctor Strange (7) GARNETS by the Holy Host of Hoggoth * * * Brooklyn basketball team should wear mantle to use browser. (8) ---
**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 15, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/685 "2021-11-15T02:10:45Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Brooklyn basketball team should wear mantle to use browser. (8) Netscape (Nets + cape) +++++++ Pulls out long forgotten but one respected religious treatises (8) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/686 "2021-11-15T11:06:32Z")
I won’t post a new clue because I’m not 100% sure about this one, but is it EPISTLES? ---
**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 15, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/687 "2021-11-15T12:56:46Z")
Not EPISTLES. ---
**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 16, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/688 "2021-11-16T02:00:40Z")
It’s double definition: Pulls out _|+|_ long forgotten but once respected religious treatises (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 16, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/689 "2021-11-16T02:19:24Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Pulls out _|+|_ long forgotten but once respected religious treatises (8) EXTRACTS (ex tracts) * * * Issue a writ for stirring bean soup (8) ---
**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 16, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/690 "2021-11-16T13:24:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Issue a writ for stirring bean soup (8) Subpoena (anagram of BEAN SOUP) ++++++ Commercial undertaking is an intriguing experience (9) ---
**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 16, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/691 "2021-11-16T16:18:12Z")
ADVENTURE (ad + venture) ++++ Insane carpenter is a surreal artist of a sort. (11, 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:** [November 16, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/692 "2021-11-16T19:03:46Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Insane carpenter is a surreal artist of a sort. (11, 7) Renaissance painter (anagram of INSANE CARPENTER IS A) +++++ Ah-nuld is one of those fucked-up traitor men. (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 16, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/693 "2021-11-16T20:35:52Z")
TERMINATOR (anagrom of TRAITOR MEN). The Nymph knelt and remembered Orion’s faults. (6) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/694 "2021-11-18T10:58:44Z")
Could we have a hint please? ---
**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 18, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/695 "2021-11-18T13:18:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The Nymph knelt and remembered Orion’s faults. (6) Orison (anagram ORIONS)? If so, from whence Nymph? ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/696 "2021-11-18T13:30:04Z")
It could be a reference to Henry V (“_Soft you now!_ _The fair Ophelia!- Nymph, in thy **orisons** _ _Be all my sins remembered.’_) If so, I think it’s a little obscure. ---
**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 18, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/697 "2021-11-18T14:17:09Z")
I guess I always heard that word as “orifices”. Wasn’t it Hamlet? Nonetheless, assuming ORISONS is correct: +++++++ Noo! I ate poo, Ma! It was squishy. (12) ---
**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 18, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/698 "2021-11-18T14:25:09Z")
But “orisons” does not have the correct number of letters… ---
**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 18, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/699 "2021-11-18T14:32:55Z")
If played off ORISON then… Noo! I ate poo, Ma! It was squishy. (12) ONOMATOPOEIA (anagram) ++++ Care about piece of land (4) ---
**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 18, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/700 "2021-11-18T15:00:02Z")
ACRE (anagram of CARE) Noel! Farrell’s movie’s returning for the holidays. (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:** [November 18, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/701 "2021-11-18T15:23:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Noel! Farrell’s movie’s returning for the holidays. (3) ELF (hidden word) * * * Gerald served leg pork at Brooklyn university (7) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=36)