# 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:** 44
**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 26, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/862 "2021-12-26T02:34:51Z")
Politician most risen at oration (7) SENATOR (…riSEN AT ORation…) +++++ Popcorn maker’s horrible decal never redesigned (7, 11) ---
**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 26, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/863 "2021-12-26T04:20:29Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Popcorn maker’s horrible decal never redesigned (7, 11) ORVILLE REDENBACHER (anagram of horrible decal never) +++++ The word association used to describe. (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 27, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/864 "2021-12-27T16:48:59Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > The word association used to describe. (7) Okay, maybe there was too much misdirection. Try: The word **THE** association used to describe. (7) ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/865 "2021-12-27T17:15:07Z")
CHERISH is the word I use to describe… - The Association Focusunsed (12) ---
**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 27, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/866 "2021-12-27T17:52:15Z")
👍 (ETA: _Post must be at least five characters._ Fuck you, Discourse. Is that enough characters?) ---
**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 27, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/867 "2021-12-27T19:45:52Z")
The word **THE** association used to describe. (7) CHERISH is the word I use to describe… - The Association I still don’t get it. ---
**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 27, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/868 "2021-12-27T19:57:05Z")
The song _Cherish_ by the group The Association begins: “Cherish is the word I use to describe / All the feelings I have for you deep down inside…” ---
**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 28, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/869 "2021-12-28T17:36:23Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Focusunsed (12) I don’t have any idea how to approach this one. Focus unused u? ---
**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 28, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/870 "2021-12-28T17:50:07Z")
More: Focu sun sed. ---
**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 29, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/871 "2021-12-29T13:44:40Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Focusunsed (12) Heliocentric? ---
**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 29, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/872 "2021-12-29T14:27:33Z")
Looks right to me. Prof used an old-fashioned word rebus. STAND I ---
**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 29, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/873 "2021-12-29T17:00:41Z")
Correct, try: " focused around the sun" as a definition. ---
**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 29, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/874 "2021-12-29T18:58:16Z")
Ok. Playoff word is HELIOCENTRIC. ++++++ TV comgameister carries nasty GOP bona fides in Rio (5,7) ---
**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 30, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/875 "2021-12-30T02:01:02Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > TV comgameister carries nasty GOP bona fides in Rio (5,7) Sorry. Just noticed a typo: TV congameister carries nasty GOP bona fides in Rio (5,7) ---
**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 30, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/876 "2021-12-30T03:51:54Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > TV congameister carries nasty GOP bona fides in Rio (5,7) RICKY RICARDO (R + ICKY RIO + CARD) * * * Mr. Chicken will wear braids, I hear. (3, 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 30, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/877 "2021-12-30T06:19:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Mr. Chicken will wear braids, I hear. (3, 6) Don Knotts ++++++ Testes could send you to sleep. (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:** [December 30, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/878 "2021-12-30T12:13:44Z")
TSETSE (anagram of TESTES) The mutated ostrich attacked Rod Hull. (3) ---
**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 30, 2021, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/879 "2021-12-30T13:05:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The mutated ostrich attacked Rod Hull. (3) Emu ++++++ Looked through junk, now no more mystery (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 30, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/880 "2021-12-30T14:37:31Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Looked through junk, now no more mystery (7) UNKNOWN (hidden word) * * * Mr. Turner, at the home of our shadow, connects Mississippi to Tennessee. (7, 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:** [January 1, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/881 "2022-01-01T13:28:48Z")
Mr. Turner + term meaning “at the home of ours” + synonym for shadow = 19th century US trade route [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=45)