# 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:** 62
**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:** [April 12, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1222 "2022-04-12T18:18:02Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Improbable undersea stay is happening this weekend. (6, 6) EASTER SUNDAY (anagram) * * * That crazy red-bearded outlaw Akkadian got into the mixed condiments. (8, 3) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1223 "2022-04-13T11:45:43Z")
That crazy red-bearded outlaw Akkadian got into the mixed condiments. (8, 3) YOSEMITE SAM (“Semite” inside anagram of “mayos”) ++++++ Someday, perhaps, you might find yourself with a herding dog. (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:** [April 13, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1224 "2022-04-13T17:11:06Z")
Samoyed (anagram of SOMEDAY) At this pace Cnud seemed a little backwards. (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:** [April 13, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1225 "2022-04-13T17:44:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > At this pace Cnud seemed a little backwards. (8) DUNCECAP (“pace Cnud” backwards) * * * Neutered rooster begins to edge towards gangster. (6) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1226 "2022-04-13T19:17:25Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Neutered rooster begins to edge towards gangster. (6) Capone (capon + e) +++++ Something worth jotting down: A proper place for token hoboes.(3,3,3,5) ---
**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:** [April 14, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1227 "2022-04-14T03:35:44Z")
Something worth jotting down: A proper place for token hoboes.(3,3,3,5) ONE FOR THE BOOKS (“for token hoboes” anagram) +++++ Miniature collie mauled Elephant Goddess getting high. (8, 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:** [April 14, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1228 "2022-04-14T11:10:13Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Miniature collie mauled Elephant Goddess getting high. (8, 8) SHETLAND SHEEPDOG (elephant goddess + h) * * * Bigger tot flirted disastrously with recently deceased comedian. (7, 9) ---
**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:** [April 14, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1229 "2022-04-14T17:43:56Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Bigger tot flirted disastrously with recently deceased comedian. (7, 9) Gilbert Gottfried (anagram BIGGER TOT FLIRTED) ++++ A WA hornet crooned there along with Willie and the Poor Boys. (4,2,3,6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1230 "2022-04-14T21:19:00Z")
DOWN ON THE CORNER (lyrics from the song, clue should have read “NW hornet crooned” to be an anagram) ++++ Uneasy one leaves strange souvenir.(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:** [April 15, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1231 "2022-04-15T01:18:36Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Uneasy one leaves strange souvenir.(7) NERVOUS (souvenir - i) * * * Fred took his first test at CA university. (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:** [April 15, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1232 "2022-04-15T03:58:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Fred took his first test at CA university. (8) Stanford (SANFORD + T) +++++ Abandon dry land (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:** [April 15, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1233 "2022-04-15T04:21:05Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Abandon dry land (6) Desert (homograph) +++++ Somehow rates a mattress (5) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1234 "2022-04-15T04:36:45Z")
Serta (anag. rates). 19 + 21 x 25 / 30 = 33.3 (5) Edit - Hint: Ignore order of operations. ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1235 "2022-04-15T22:57:44Z")
Hint: What do the numbers 19, 21, 25, and 30 have in common? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1236 "2022-04-15T23:17:28Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > 19 + 21 x 25 / 30 = 33.3 (5) ADELE (albums named after her age when recorded) ++++ Old king on a slide got confused.(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:** [April 15, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1237 "2022-04-15T23:18:25Z")
> [@WalterBishop](#): > > 19 + 21 x 25 / 30 = 33.3 (5) Adele (album titles) ++++++ Altered the general increase (7) ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1238 "2022-04-15T23:36:08Z")
Not quite, but close enough, and the thread is already progressing. The actual answer is ALBUM. Summing the Adele albums as shown equals 33.3, which is one of the RPM speeds of a vinyl album ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1239 "2022-04-16T03:41:14Z")
Mighty clever ---
**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:** [April 16, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1240 "2022-04-16T10:49:36Z")
Not everybody has such intimate knowledge of Adele, just sayin’. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1241 "2022-04-17T20:53:11Z")
Let’s see if I can pull this off. > [@Skunkdog](#): > > ADELE (albums named after her age when recorded) > > ++++ > > Old king on a slide got confused.(8) LEONIDAS (anagram) +++++ Make something of broken shiny sets (9) > [@Oly](#): > > Adele (album titles) > > ++++++ > > Altered the general increase (7) ENLARGE (anagram) +++++ Phil Collins was in at the start. (7) > [@WalterBishop](#): > > Not quite, but close enough, and the thread is already progressing. The actual answer is ALBUM. Summing the Adele albums as shown equals 33.3, which is one of the RPM speeds of a vinyl album +++++ Leaving out a sibling is messed up, but that’s the way to make a haploid. (7) ETA: NOW the thread is progressing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=63)