# 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:** 50
**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 30, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/982 "2022-01-30T13:14:14Z")
Dust in ruins = Nudist, + colon + y ( I just now noticed the colon) * * * Hot toy hogs can be reassembled into an Elder God. (3, 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:** [January 30, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/983 "2022-01-30T13:23:16Z")
YOG SOTHOTH (anagram of HOT TOY HOGS) Cite Yodh and 'twill be understood; Even when He’s bad He’s good. (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:** [January 30, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/984 "2022-01-30T14:29:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Cite Yodh and 'twill be understood; > Even when He’s bad He’s good. (8) THEODICY (anagram) +++++ Rotten lyrics end in the cans (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:** [January 30, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/985 "2022-01-30T17:51:24Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Rotten lyrics end in the cans (9) CYLINDERS (lyrics end anagram) * * * Tarts were thrown into ledger of a German news magazine. (3, 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 31, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/986 "2022-01-31T13:16:13Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Tarts were thrown into ledger of a German news magazine. (3, 7) Der Spiegel (anagram PIES[tarts] + LEDGER) ++++ Progressive gibberish at one’s fingertips. (7) ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/987 "2022-02-01T23:56:37Z")
Progressive gibberish at one’s fingertips. (7) LIBERAL (I’m guessing an anagram of braille) +++++ Opal ground dog food (4) ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/988 "2022-02-02T02:38:19Z")
Braille = correct > [@Biotop](#): > > Opal ground dog food (4) Alpo (anagram OPAL) +++++ Business end of dock worker’s boot speaks a new word (11) ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/989 "2022-02-02T14:28:44Z")
Business end of dock worker’s boot speaks a new word (11) PORTMANTEAU (Portman toe) +++++ I joined bizarre agoraphobia cult (this actually happened to me!) (16) ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/990 "2022-02-02T14:59:33Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I joined bizarre agoraphobia cult (this actually happened to me!) (16) AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL (I + agoraphobia + cult) * * * I’m such a lug. I lack the the ability to look back and find a Roman emperor. (8) ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/991 "2022-02-02T16:22:49Z")
CALIGULA (A LUG I LAC reversed) Madame Pepperwinkle just loves Louis’s westerns. (1’5) ---
**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:** [February 2, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/992 "2022-02-02T23:01:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Madame Pepperwinkle just loves Louis’s westerns. (1’5) L’Amour +++++ E=mc2 yields 931.5 MeV when you ruin2 an atomic mass unit. (7) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/993 "2022-02-03T16:07:38Z")
URANIUM (ruin AMU anagram) +++++ The mule has kicked that old guy (10) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/994 "2022-02-03T18:17:56Z")
METHUSELAH (anagram of THE MULE HAS) Hello, Sailor! (4) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/995 "2022-02-04T03:03:50Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > RANIUM (ruin AMU anagram) How does the square of ruin fit in? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/996 "2022-02-04T04:11:38Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > How does the square of ruin fit in? I am guessing because ruin is used twice, both as the required hint of an existing anagram AND as part of the anagram itself. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/997 "2022-02-04T05:01:03Z")
Fair enough. Thanks for the explanation. In play off METHUSELAH: > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Hello, Sailor! (4) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/998 "2022-02-04T11:25:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Hello, Sailor! (4) Hail? (Alan Hale of _Gilligan’s Island_ played a sailor) ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/999 "2022-02-04T15:52:59Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Hello, Sailor! (4) AHOY? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1000 "2022-02-04T18:40:04Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > AHOY? Aye, aye, matey. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1001 "2022-02-05T05:22:21Z")
off AHOY: +++++ Is said to take advantage of trees. (4) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=51)