# 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:** 48
**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 15, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/942 "2022-01-15T21:16:45Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Hero opines that he could manage 400 miles above the Earth. (10) IONOSPHERE (hero opines anagram) * * * Pee Wee shrivels mastwood tree for Cash portrayer. (5, 11) ---
**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:** [January 17, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/943 "2022-01-17T01:46:56Z")
REESE WITHERSPOON? It fits the overlap, letter count and clue, but the wordplay is opaque to me. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/944 "2022-01-17T01:50:14Z")
She was in Walk the Line playing June Carter Cash Pee Wee Reese played 3rd base for the Dodgers. ---
**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 17, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/945 "2022-01-17T03:01:02Z")
Correct. (Pee Wee) REESE WITHERS (shrivels) + POON (mastwood tree) ---
**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:** [January 17, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/946 "2022-01-17T13:25:09Z")
Ok. Playing off REESE WITHERSPOON: Irrelevant lump! How repugnant! (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:** [January 17, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/947 "2022-01-17T15:23:40Z")
Irrelevant lump! How repugnant! (5) NASTY (n/a + sty) +++++ Newbies’ story fabricated (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 17, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/948 "2022-01-17T15:51:46Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Newbies’ story fabricated (5) TYROS (anagram) * * * Flower tat misspelled rock, but it’s considered a universal translator. (7, 5) ---
**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:** [January 18, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/949 "2022-01-18T03:24:52Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Flower tat misspelled rock, but it’s considered a universal translator. (7, 5) ROSETTA STONE (ROSE + misspelled TAT + STONE) +++++ Six Million Dollar Man consoled with tea, then clotheslines the undertaker. (5, 4, 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:** [January 18, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/950 "2022-01-18T11:51:53Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Six Million Dollar Man consoled with tea, then clotheslines the undertaker. (5, 4, 5, 5) STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN (consoled + t, 2 TV characters with same name) * * * Dickens character tiptoes through the tulips. (4, 3) ---
**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:** [January 18, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/951 "2022-01-18T14:27:33Z")
TINY TIM (double definition) To do this mangled dance again, you need a Washington permit. (4,4) ---
**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:** [January 18, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/952 "2022-01-18T15:17:59Z")
To do this mangled dance again, you need a Washington permit. (4,4) +++++ TIME WARP (WA+permit anagram) +++++ Artist inappropriately painted minor (4, 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:** [January 19, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/953 "2022-01-19T03:04:00Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Artist inappropriately painted minor (4, 8) Piet Mondrian (anagram PAINTED MINOR) +++++ Mixed up ingredients mar ganache? Go back and try again. (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:** [January 19, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/954 "2022-01-19T12:08:00Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Mixed up ingredients mar ganache? Go back and try again. (7) ANAGRAM (backwards hidden word) * * * It’s said that a tan throng converged on _Aquaman_ actress. (5, 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:** [January 19, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/955 "2022-01-19T12:49:53Z")
AMBER HEARD Tiny timpani leads to a murder (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:** [January 19, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/956 "2022-01-19T12:58:42Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > It’s said that a tan throng converged on _Aquaman_ actress. (5, 5) Amber Heard (double meaning) ++++++ Under threat of violence you must jettison that muumuu (5) ---
**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:** [January 19, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/957 "2022-01-19T17:46:12Z")
_What to do, what to do? Ah! I have it!_ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Tiny timpani leads to a murder (7) EARDRUM (anagram of “a murder”) +++++ Two tittles that can be the difference between “OW!” and “OY!” (6) > [@Oly](#): > > Under threat of violence you must jettison that muumuu (5) DRESS (DURESS - U) +++++ Sounds like a grumpy German’s Victory Cabbage (10) _Answer both of my clues and you should be able to make a single follow-on clue._ ---
**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 19, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/958 "2022-01-19T18:31:49Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Two tittles that can be the difference between “OW!” and “OY!” (6) UMLAUT (double definition) > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Sounds like a grumpy German’s Victory Cabbage (10) SAUERKRAUT (sour kraut) Nice job reconciling the two clues! * * * Double the asphalt for tooth buildup. (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:** [January 19, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/959 "2022-01-19T20:05:16Z")
Double the asphalt for tooth buildup. (6) TARTAR (tar tar) ++++ Mystery author Ray Chandler out on adventure. (6, 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:** [January 20, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/960 "2022-01-20T12:48:42Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Mystery author Ray Chandler out on adventure. (6, 5, 5) ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (Ray Chandler out on anagram) * * * Interlocking toy and words that follow SOS given to elf. (7) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/961 "2022-01-20T23:52:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Interlocking toy and words that follow SOS given to elf. (7) LEGOLAS (LEGO + LAS) (Side note: the solfege word is actually “sol” not “so”.) * * * Speed saves an hour and the danger seems minor. (8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=49)