# 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:** 59
**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 25, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1162 "2022-03-25T11:55:05Z")
Abandoned mine taken over by single Indian.(8) SEMINOLE (S mine\* OLE) asterisk means anagram … Famous person’s foot? (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 25, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1163 "2022-03-25T15:24:10Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Famous person’s foot? (6) LEGEND (leg end) * * * Insert upper limb into orientation, then lop off the end to make a French cop. (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:** [March 25, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1164 "2022-03-25T17:23:27Z")
GENDARME (GEND + arm + ER, lop off the last R) Lorenzo, my prescription isn’t nearly enough. (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1165 "2022-03-26T00:03:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Lorenzo, my prescription isn’t nearly enough. (6) MEDICI (Medicine - NE) +++++ Crucial problem at the end of war for flyer.(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 26, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1166 "2022-03-26T19:12:41Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Crucial problem at the end of war for flyer.(8) CIRCULAR (anagram “crucial + r”) +++++ When gathering fruit amid the brambles, if you manage a gauche berry tally, you’ll “Git ‘er done.” (5, 3, 5, 3) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1167 "2022-03-27T01:47:21Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > When gathering fruit amid the brambles, if you manage a gauche berry tally, you’ll “Git ‘er done.” (5, 3, 5, 3) LARRY THE CABLE GUY (anagram of “gauche berry tally”) ++++ No lady, a different lady!(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:** [March 27, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1168 "2022-03-27T14:06:23Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > No lady, a different lady!(7) YOLANDA (“No lady a” anagram) * * * That electronic duo is absurd, you hoodlum. (4, 4) ---
**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 27, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1169 "2022-03-27T22:26:18Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > That electronic duo is absurd, you hoodlum. (4, 4) DAFT PUNK +++++ The top of the arch that is Pennsylvania. (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:** [March 27, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1170 "2022-03-27T23:10:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > The top of the arch that is Pennsylvania. (8) Keystone ++++ Calls out former allegations (8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1171 "2022-03-28T04:01:26Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Calls out former allegations (8) EXCLAIMS (double meaning) ++++ Lisa’s design gets Virginia to drool.(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 28, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1172 "2022-03-28T12:57:30Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Lisa’s design gets Virginia to drool.(6) SALIVA (Lisa’s + V) * * * Old Dominion general turns out to be a bum. (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 28, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1173 "2022-03-28T14:45:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Old Dominion general turns out to be a bum. (7) VAGRANT +++++ Variable power (3) ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1174 "2022-03-28T17:07:21Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Variable power (3) …TAU? ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1175 "2022-03-28T18:24:17Z")
No, but you seem to be on the right track. ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1176 "2022-03-28T18:50:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Variable power (3) …NTH? ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1177 "2022-03-28T18:54:44Z")
Well done. Take it away! ---
**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 28, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1178 "2022-03-28T19:08:49Z")
I actually think 3-letter answers are much harder to get right. * * * Thanos: “Om dies horribly” to inventor. (6, 6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1179 "2022-03-28T21:11:53Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Thanos: “Om dies horribly” to inventor. (6, 6) THOMAS EDISON (anagram of “Thanos Om dies”) ++++ The sorceror from Rome can reckon on it not being OK.(11) ---
**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 29, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1180 "2022-03-29T00:41:19Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I actually think 3-letter answers are much harder to get right. Word. I don’t mind admitting that I was somewhat fiendishly proud of that one. 😁 ---
**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 29, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1181 "2022-03-29T04:21:40Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > The sorceror from Rome can reckon on it not being OK.(11) Nocromancer (anagram ROME CAN RECKON - OK) ++++ Cheesy toast is a singular act (7) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=60)