# 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:** 56
**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:** [March 9, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1102 "2022-03-09T17:37:08Z")
Clue: “There is no I’ing…” is a baseball reference. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1103 "2022-03-10T02:20:22Z")
Is the l in l’ing a capital i or a lower case L? ---
**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:** [March 10, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1104 "2022-03-10T03:29:04Z")
It’s a capital I. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1105 "2022-03-10T04:45:35Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > There is no I’ing in pinky warfare, and only one R (6,4). FENWAY PARK (anagram for PiNKY WARFArE) +++++ “That joker screwed up mah kar! I’ll tell ya what HE belongs!” (6) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1106 "2022-03-10T05:01:24Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > “That joker screwed up mah kar! I’ll tell ya what HE belongs!” (6) KHARMA (mah kar) * * * Welcome to the family! Give us a lyrical poetic song. (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:** [March 10, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1107 "2022-03-10T06:05:42Z")
Sorry, screwed it up. Lemme try again. “That joker screwed up mah kar! I’ll tell ya whar HE belongs!” (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1108 "2022-03-10T06:11:12Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Welcome to the family! Give us a lyrical poetic song. (8) MADRIGAL (double meaning: Welcome to the family Madrigal from “Encanto”, and also a lyrical poetic song) +++++ This subject with a bit of effort and energy can become agreeable. (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:** [March 10, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1109 "2022-03-10T15:59:40Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > This subject with a bit of effort and energy can become agreeable. (7) ALGEBRA (If you add **E** ffort and **E** nergy, you can spell “agreeable.”) And because KHARMA wasn’t really the right answer, and it fits this and its original overlap: +++++ “That joker screwed up mah kar! I’ll tell ya whar HE belongs!” (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:** [March 10, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1110 "2022-03-10T19:49:48Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > “That joker screwed up mah kar! I’ll tell ya whar HE belongs!” (6) ARKHAM (mah kar anagram, where Joker lives) * * * French friend prefers bases for making proteins. (5, 5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1111 "2022-03-11T01:59:16Z")
AMINO ACIDS (AMI=french friend, NO ACIDS for prefer bases) +++++ Sit back in obscure attics with data points. (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1112 "2022-03-11T21:37:50Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Sit back in obscure attics with data points. (9) Should read: Sit back in obscure attics with data point.(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:** [March 11, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1113 "2022-03-11T22:34:43Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Sit back in obscure attics with data point.(9) STATISTIC (sit + attics) * * * Ick, the entire Original Gangster studies fishes. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1114 "2022-03-12T00:08:19Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Ick, the entire Original Gangster studies fishes. ICHTHYLOGY (Ick - the - all - OG) +++++ Heartless guy has fixed portion, it’s a twist. (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:** [March 12, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1115 "2022-03-12T15:58:49Z")
Heartless guy has fixed portion, it’s a twist. (8) GYRATION (GuY + RATION) ++++ One piece of food I like in stock, but no Dole bananas. (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1116 "2022-03-12T21:58:42Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > One piece of food I like in stock, but no Dole bananas. (6) NOODLE (anagram of “no Dole”) +++++ European daily swallowing a drink.(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:** [March 13, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1117 "2022-03-13T04:29:02Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > European daily swallowing a drink.(8) LEMONADE (le Mon **A** de) +++++ My passion for Mothersbaugh’s music sounds like I’d prefer not to listen to it. (8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1118 "2022-03-13T07:24:01Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > My passion for Mothersbaugh’s music sounds like I’d prefer not to listen to it. (8) DEVOTION (DEVO + shun) +++++ Song composed by merry Henry with us.(7,5) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1119 "2022-03-14T05:14:57Z")
Song composed by merry Henry with us.(7,5) NURSERY RHYME (anagram of: merry Henry, us) +++++ Actress from Germany? (3, 4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1120 "2022-03-14T06:08:49Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Actress from Germany? (3, 4) MEG RYAN (anagram of Germany) ++++ Any sails damaged in examination.(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:** [March 14, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1121 "2022-03-14T07:03:19Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Any sails damaged in examination.(7) Actually, (8) ANALYSIS (anagram of _any sails_) +++++ Slay artist to reveal sexual blackmailer. (9) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=57)