# 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:** 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:** [July 9, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/81 "2021-07-09T02:21:55Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Cinderella’s shady twin sister (8) It seems I can’t count, either. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/82 "2021-07-09T02:25:54Z")
Umbrella. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/83 "2021-07-09T03:18:02Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > UmbrelIa. Well done. Now post a cryptic clue of your own (as noted above, this can be more challenging than solving the clue in the first place). ---
**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:** [July 9, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/84 "2021-07-09T03:21:00Z")
It’s said So. Cal. hounds play ball but rarely bark. (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:** [July 9, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/85 "2021-07-09T05:05:43Z")
Ok, I realize I f’ed up again on my clue. I defer my turn back to **Prof. Pepperwinkle** and I’m going to sit out and watch until I get a better handle on how to play this game. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/86 "2021-07-09T12:20:09Z")
All right. I am all about backward alpaca. (5) ---
**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:** [July 9, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/87 "2021-07-09T14:52:08Z")
Llama (backwards am all) Furious, triggering my auxiliary defences (3) ---
**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:** [July 10, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/88 "2021-07-10T02:23:17Z")
> [@"DemonTree](#): > > Furious, triggering my auxiliary defences (3) Mad (initialism) +++++ No teddies dancing???!!!??? It HAS to happen! (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:** [July 10, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/89 "2021-07-10T07:31:45Z")
No teddies dancing???!!!??? It HAS to happen! (8) DESTINED (N + TEDDIES anagram) +++++ Mystical Isle weeds produce a white flower (9) ---
**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:** [July 10, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/90 "2021-07-10T11:58:22Z")
EDELWEISS (isle + weeds anagram) Circulate magazine (5) ---
**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:** [July 10, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/91 "2021-07-10T13:27:36Z")
Issue (double definition) Use tangled shirt as pastry ingredient (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:** [July 10, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/92 "2021-07-10T15:42:43Z")
Use tangled shirt as pastry ingredient (4) SUET [USE (anagram) + T(shirt)] +++++ Language study animated, yet gloomy (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:** [July 11, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/93 "2021-07-11T02:16:10Z")
Language study animated, yet gloomy (9) Sorry. I cannot count. ☹ ---
**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:** [July 11, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/94 "2021-07-11T04:20:49Z")
Etymology (yet + gloomy anagram) Doctor (grin), the youth center is north of the environmentalist (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:** [July 11, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/95 "2021-07-11T05:35:29Z")
Doctor (grin), the youth center is north of the environmentalist (12) GYNECOLOGIST (G + Y + N + ECOLOGIST) +++++ European city squashes tub snail (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:** [July 11, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/96 "2021-07-11T06:03:09Z")
ISTANBUL (tub snail anagram) Crime scene evidence in dispatch (8) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/97 "2021-07-11T08:40:27Z")
BULLETIN (bullet + in) Dye held within? Dig out. (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:** [July 11, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/98 "2021-07-11T13:33:49Z")
INDIGO (container) Whiskered Billy’s evil end (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:** [July 11, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/99 "2021-07-11T16:55:58Z")
Whiskered Billy’s evil end (6) GOATEE (GOAT + E + E) +++++ Donkey’s disfigured eye and/or eyelid (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:** [July 11, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/100 "2021-07-11T17:13:24Z")
EEYORE [eye anagram + or + e (lid of eyelid)] Reminiscent of redesign of observance (8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=6)