# 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:** 57
**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, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1122 "2022-03-14T14:16:28Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Slay artist to reveal sexual blackmailer. (9) Dammit, there must be something in the water. Slay artist to reveal sexual blackmailer. (10) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1123 "2022-03-16T21:21:34Z")
I think a hint is needed. ---
**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 17, 2022, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1124 "2022-03-17T05:46:04Z")
Okay. Aristophanes. ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1125 "2022-03-17T06:29:05Z")
Slay artist to reveal sexual blackmailer. (10) LYSISTRATA (slay artist anagram) +++++ Unusual Argentine fruit (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1126 "2022-03-17T06:37:49Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Unusual Argentine fruit (9) TANGERINE (anagram of Argentine) +++++ Goiter, lack of Iodine may lead to this disease.(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:** [March 17, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1127 "2022-03-17T11:26:30Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Goiter, lack of Iodine may lead to this disease.(5) ERGOT (goiter - i) * * * An empire was created for a footrest. (7) ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1128 "2022-03-17T12:26:52Z")
Ottoman Please mail this element to Minnesota (9) ---
**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 19, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1129 "2022-03-19T04:59:17Z")
Please mail this element to Minnesota (9) MANGANESE (metal abbreviation Mn) +++++ Locks up animals (5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1130 "2022-03-19T11:11:36Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Locks up animals (5) SEALS (double meaning) ++++ “The price of vice” makes a sound sentence?(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:** [March 19, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1131 "2022-03-19T22:16:20Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > “The price of vice” makes a sound sentence?(6) SYNTAX (play on “Sin tax”) +++++ When Mr. Hampton couldn’t find the right vibes, he’d fool around with phoney lox. (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1132 "2022-03-20T00:09:50Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > When Mr. Hampton couldn’t find the right vibes, he’d fool around with phoney lox. (9) XYLOPHONE (anagram of “phoney lox”) +++++ Partial death occurs as son cries out.(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:** [March 20, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1133 "2022-03-20T03:07:12Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Partial death occurs as son cries out.(8) NECROSIS (“son cries” anagram) * * * Have you heard about the viewing of fencers starting their duel in the Gondoran fortress? (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 20, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1134 "2022-03-20T07:45:33Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Have you heard about the viewing of fencers starting their duel in the Gondoran fortress? (8) ISENGARD (I get that “en garde” starts with “engard,” but I can’t parse IS into “viewing”. Anyway, it was built as a fortress of Gondor) +++++ He ranted incoherently about the depth of his passion. (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 20, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1135 "2022-03-20T15:45:46Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > ISENGARD (I get that “en garde” starts with “engard,” but I can’t parse IS into “viewing”. Anyway, it was built as a fortress of Gondor) viewing = eyes ---
**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 20, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1136 "2022-03-20T20:54:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > He ranted incoherently about the depth of his passion. (6) ARDENT (anagram of RANTED) Tau cross rebus involves potatoes. (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:** [March 20, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1137 "2022-03-20T20:56:29Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > (… but I can’t parse IS into “viewing”…) > > viewing = eyes Ah. Thanks. Funny, when I first read it in the 70s, I pronounced it “eyes-en-guard,” but for the past forty years or so, I’ve rhymed the “Is” with “wiz.” ---
**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 20, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1138 "2022-03-20T22:35:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Tau cross rebus involves potatoes. (6) TUBERS (anagram T + rebus) +++++ In every prophet a journey can be found, but they hide it well (9) ---
**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 21, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1139 "2022-03-21T06:02:07Z")
In every prophet a journey can be found, but they hide it well (9) SEQUESTER (SE- QUEST -ER) +++++ When ferocious rottweilers swallow Barbie’s head, let us all agree that this is not considered a very pleasant experience for a young child or its long-suffering parents. (8,4) ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1140 "2022-03-21T11:16:58Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > When ferocious rottweilers swallow Barbie’s head, let us all agree that this is not considered a very pleasant experience for a young child or its long-suffering parents. (8,4) TERRIBLE TWOS (Rottweilers + b) 👏 * * * Diffusion of water occurs in Australia, Mr. Malone says. (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:** [March 21, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1141 "2022-03-21T12:39:48Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Diffusion of water occurs in Australia, Mr. Malone says. (7) Ospreys? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=58)