# 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:** 39
**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:** [December 1, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/762 "2021-12-01T05:27:05Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Electric girl throws pitch right between the eyes, ends in an equitable situation (11) EGALITARIAN (E + GAL + I(TAR)I + AN) * * * Cuckoo lover is full of life. (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:** [December 1, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/763 "2021-12-01T17:26:51Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Cuckoo lover is full of life. (7) ANIMATE (ANI + MATE) +++++ Messing about outside is boring (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:** [December 1, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/764 "2021-12-01T18:11:55Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Messing about outside is boring (7) TEDIOUS (anagram) * * * Martin sings a couple of words from The Sound of Music tune as he loads (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:** [December 1, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/765 "2021-12-01T18:32:52Z")
Martin sings a couple of words from The Sound of Music tune as he loads (9) STEVEDORE (Steve + do + re) +++++ Endorsed unconventional one like Rudy (3-5) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/766 "2021-12-01T20:47:59Z")
STEVEDORE (Steve + do + re) I like this version better: +++++ Endorsed misfit like Rudy (3-5) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/767 "2021-12-01T20:50:06Z")
RED-NOSED (anagram of ENDORSED) The Pope disapproved of and shattered the endless geode (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:** [December 2, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/768 "2021-12-02T14:18:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The Pope disapproved of and shattered the endless geode (4) DOGE (anagram of GEODE - E) +++++ Spring cleaning at Elsinore. After placing the runner on a branch, she beats the treed rug. (8) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/769 "2021-12-02T15:25:49Z")
Spring cleaning at Elsinore. After placing the runner on a branch, she beats the treed rug. (8) GERTRUDE (anagram) +++++ Taking something to someone after the first of December’s relieving somehow. (10) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/770 "2021-12-02T16:42:35Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Taking something to someone after the first of December’s relieving somehow. (10) DELIVERING (d + relieving) * * * Injecting oxygen in Einstein? That’s clever. (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:** [December 3, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/771 "2021-12-03T04:45:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Injecting oxygen in Einstein? That’s clever. (9) INGENIOUS (IN GENIUS + O) * * * We and she will escort you. (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:** [December 3, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/772 "2021-12-03T05:48:02Z")
USHER (us + her) +++++ Terrible rhyme about Ethiopia’s first toymaker/dentist. (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:** [December 3, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/773 "2021-12-03T12:29:27Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Terrible rhyme about Ethiopia’s first toymaker/dentist. (6) HERMEY the misfit elf (rhyme + e) * * * Leaky rum ruined headpiece. (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:** [December 4, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/774 "2021-12-04T06:12:43Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Leaky rum ruined headpiece. (8) YARMULKE (leaky rum) * * * The boss is talking like the boss (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:** [December 5, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/775 "2021-12-05T23:21:06Z")
The answer is a homophone where both words indicate something being in charge of other things. And they have have both a different number of letters and a different set of starting letters, so only one of them can be the answer. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/776 "2021-12-06T04:28:40Z")
Kernel (colonel)? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/777 "2021-12-06T05:28:51Z")
Keyser? (as in Söze. Even though Kaiser doesn’t have a different number of letters.) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/778 "2021-12-06T12:42:34Z")
Best I can think of is EMPLOYER (Implore ya) but of course that’s not it. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/779 "2021-12-07T00:31:47Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Kernel (colonel)? Yep. The Kernel is the boss of the operating system. The Colonel is the boss of a regiment. (And I wouldn’t have gone for Keyzer because that would be too obscure for the clue as given.) ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/780 "2021-12-07T04:10:19Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > The Kernel is the boss of the operating system. The Colonel is the boss of a regiment. > > (And I wouldn’t have gone for Keyzer because that would be too obscure for the clue as given.) As a guy who has a hard time distinguishing the meanings of “bit” and “byte,” I submit that the clue as written is also a little obscure. Anyway, @Oly, you’re in the hot seat. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/781 "2021-12-07T05:03:55Z")
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