# 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:** 63
**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 18, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1242 "2022-04-18T00:40:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Make something of broken shiny sets (9) SYNTHESIS (“shiny sets” anagram) > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Phil Collins was in at the start. (7) GENESIS (double meaning) * * * His pussy crawled on the stone roller (8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1243 "2022-04-18T00:59:12Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > His pussy crawled on the stone roller (8) SISYPHUS (anagram of “his pussy”) ++++ Beat part of an egg, adding a cup.(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:** [April 18, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1244 "2022-04-18T03:16:21Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > Make something of broken shiny sets (9) > > SYNTHESIS (“shiny sets” anagram) > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > Phil Collins was in at the start. (7) > > GENESIS (double meaning) > > * * * > > His pussy crawled on the stone roller (8) You forgot to do MITOSIS. ---
**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 18, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1245 "2022-04-18T14:15:45Z")
Beat part of an egg, adding a cup.(7) SHELLAC (Shell + A + C) +++++++ Can clothesline scandal be linked to a former White House inhabitant? Yes. (7, 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:** [April 19, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1246 "2022-04-19T03:46:45Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > **Can clothesline** scandal be linked to a former White House inhabitant? Yes. (7, 7) CHELSEA CLINTON (anagram) +++++ There’s one toy, lad, in that white cargo, and it’s hedy stuff. (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:** [April 19, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1247 "2022-04-19T21:39:31Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > There’s one toy, lad, in that white cargo, and it’s hedy stuff. (9) TONDELAYO (“one toy lad” anagram, Hedy Lamarr starred as her in _White Cargo_) * * * Yank Ouzo away from sumo wrestler. (8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1248 "2022-04-19T23:02:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Yank Ouzo away from sumo wrestler. (8) YOKOZUNA (anagram of “yank ouzo”) ++++ Unqualified team at Eurovision.(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:** [April 21, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1249 "2022-04-21T01:32:05Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Unqualified team at Eurovision.(7) All OF THEM! Heh, it doesn’t fit, I know. I’m an AMATEUR at this game! (double definition) +++++ I say real Ok, Ted, when moved (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:** [April 21, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1250 "2022-04-21T12:34:03Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > I say real Ok, Ted, when moved (9) RELOCATED (homophone) * * * Counter current kowtower allegedly runs clothing store. (5, 5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1251 "2022-04-22T11:23:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Counter current kowtower allegedly runs clothing store. (5, 5) EDDIE BAUER (homophones of “eddy” and bower") ++++ He’s hot stuff! He can do art on the radio.(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 22, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1252 "2022-04-22T13:08:12Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > He’s hot stuff! He can do art on the radio.(8) RADIATOR (anagram ART + RADIO) ++++++ Adrift friar gets a Big O in passionate clandestine relationship (1,6,6) ---
**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:** [April 22, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1253 "2022-04-22T13:52:49Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Adrift friar gets a Big O in passionate clandestine relationship (1,6,6) A TORRID AFFAIR (adrift friar + a + o) * * * Australian duo generates wind inventory. (3, 6) ---
**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 22, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1254 "2022-04-22T15:09:57Z")
Australian duo generates wind inventory. (3, 6) AIR SUPPLY (band and wind inventory) +++++ Pythons clear out werewolves. (12) ---
**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 22, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1255 "2022-04-22T18:11:47Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > **Pythons clear** out werewolves. (12) LYCANTHROPES (anagram) +++++ Perhaps this is harsh, but SILENCE, PET! Your constant barking is a plague to me! (10) ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1256 "2022-04-23T02:43:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Perhaps this is harsh, but SILENCE, PET! Your constant barking is a plague to me! (10) PESTILENCE (anagram) ++++++ The spinning wheel is erratically reflecting you (10) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1257 "2022-04-23T04:51:00Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > The spinning wheel is erratically reflecting you (10) CENTRIFUGE (almost an anagram of “reflecting + u”) ++++ Ginsu! Brilliant blades from the East.(6) ---
**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 23, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1258 "2022-04-23T05:37:33Z")
GENIUS (ginsu + e anagram) +++++ Orange and yellow observed in flying saucers. (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:** [April 25, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1259 "2022-04-25T03:09:40Z")
Time for a hint? ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1260 "2022-04-25T03:49:21Z")
Time for a hint? “Orange” is the definition. ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1261 "2022-04-25T12:51:28Z")
I was thinking the answer is an anagram of y + saucers, but I couldn’t come up with anything. If it’s a shade of orange, I couldn’t find any color that had those letters. If it’s the Principality of Orange in France, it used to known as _Arausicae_. That’s the closest I can find, and it doesn’t overlap the previous answer. Maybe it’s y + a synonym of saucers? Anagram of Yellow + Os? A homophone? A homonym? Something really simple I’m going to smack myself for not getting? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=64)