# 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:** 41
**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 12, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/802 "2021-12-12T15:52:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > It’s said that there’s a reason for beakless whale. (8) PORPOISE (double definition with sound-alike “purpose”) Your choice starts with a vote (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:** [December 12, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/803 "2021-12-12T15:53:41Z")
never mind ---
**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 12, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/804 "2021-12-12T16:36:22Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Your choice starts with a vote (6) SELECT? (S+elect?) ---
**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 12, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/805 "2021-12-12T17:45:02Z")
correct. ---
**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 12, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/806 "2021-12-12T18:17:32Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > (S+elect?) > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Your choice starts with a vote (6) SELECT (S + elect) ++++ Silent twirling Christmas decoration (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:** [December 12, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/807 "2021-12-12T19:08:14Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Silent twirling Christmas decoration (6) TINSEL (anagram) +++++ Mollusk has record time tied up in Knotts. (6) ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/808 "2021-12-12T21:38:12Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Mollusk has record time tied up in Knotts. (6) LIMPET (lp + time anagram, not sure about the Knotts) * * * Constituents met hostile spirit of the age (5)   PS: > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > ETA: Welcome back to the game, **DemonTree**! 🙂 Thanks! ---
**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 13, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/809 "2021-12-13T01:45:22Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > LIMPET (lp + time anagram, not sure about the Knotts) > **[The Incredible Mr. Limpet](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Mr._Limpet)** > > The Incredible Mr. Limpet is a 1964 American live-action/animated comedy film produced by Warner Bros. and based on the 1942 novel Mr. Limpet by Theodore Pratt. It is about a man named Henry Limpet who turns into a talking fish and helps the U.S. Navy locate and destroy Nazi submarines. Don Knotts plays the title character. The live action was directed by Arthur Lubin, while the animation was directed by Bill Tytla, Robert McKimson, Hawley Pratt, and Gerry Chiniquy at Warner Bros. Cartoons. Mu Th... ---
**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 13, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/810 "2021-12-13T06:31:24Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Constituents met hostile spirit of the age (5) ETHOS […mET HOStile… (Container)] +++++ 'O kiss the witness awkwardly to receive your just desserts. (7 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:** [December 13, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/811 "2021-12-13T12:09:25Z")
Stetson Whiskies? ---
**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 13, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/812 "2021-12-13T14:29:02Z")
No, but that made me laugh! ---
**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 13, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/813 "2021-12-13T17:50:39Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > 'O kiss the witness awkwardly to receive your just desserts. (7 8) HOSTESS TWINKIES (anagram of Stetson whiskies) +++++ The callipygian lady sounds like she has the keys to the kingdom. (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 14, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/814 "2021-12-14T01:23:28Z")
Let me make it a _little_ easier. The callipygian lady sounds like she has the keys ta the kingdom. (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 14, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/815 "2021-12-14T03:27:45Z")
I want to say KIESTER, but I’m more used to it spelled as KEISTER. ---
**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 14, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/816 "2021-12-14T05:10:06Z")
Blame my Germanic spelling preferences; go ahead and say kiester. Also, take the next turn. ---
**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 14, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/817 "2021-12-14T12:08:42Z")
He did his time in 9 years with pest control company. (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 14, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/818 "2021-12-14T16:51:56Z")
He did his time in 9 years with pest control company. (8) TERMINIX (Term + in +IX) +++++ Taxman hung fanciful polysaccharide (7, 3) ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/819 "2021-12-14T22:58:04Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Taxman hung fanciful polysaccharide (7, 3) XANTHAN GUM (taxman hung anagram) * * * Temporarily observed at Greenwich (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:** [December 15, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/820 "2021-12-15T06:31:42Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Temporarily observed at Greenwich (8) MEANTIME (double meaning) +++++ Frosty dimes sort of ran Florence (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:** [December 15, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/821 "2021-12-15T13:06:11Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Frosty dimes sort of ran Florence (7) Medici (IC +DIME anagram) ++++ Licking the frosting off a cupcake is a gamble (6) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=42)