# 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:** 66
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1302 "2022-05-05T17:13:13Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Psychedelic Peyote: vintage NY goth metal band. (4, 1, 8) TYPE O NEGATIVE (anagram) (side note: the lead singer worked as a garbage collector for Parks & Rec until the band started seeing success) * * * Look into glancing over it, as that will reveal the truth. (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:** [May 5, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1303 "2022-05-05T18:44:37Z")
VERITAS (contained in over it as) The state of cultured style, elegance (5). ---
**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:** [May 5, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1304 "2022-05-05T19:51:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > The **state** of cultured style, elegance (5). TASTE (anagram) +++++ Try forcing it and see if it fits yet. Broken? Tell the truth! (7) ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1305 "2022-05-06T00:43:53Z")
Try forcing it and see if it fits yet. Broken? Tell the truth! (7) TESTIFY (fits yet anagram) +++++ Poet’s yeast infection (5) ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1306 "2022-05-06T04:20:05Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Poet’s yeast infection (5) Yeats (YEAST anagram) ++++ In summary, quasi phones suck (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:** [May 6, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1307 "2022-05-06T18:30:49Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > In summary, quasi phones suck (6) This way is better: In quasi phones, suckiness.(6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1308 "2022-05-07T03:36:10Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > In quasi phones, suckiness.(6) SIPHON (contained in “quasi phones”) Polish tree holds initially deadly fruit.(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:** [May 7, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1309 "2022-05-07T15:03:36Z")
Polish tree holds initially deadly fruit.(8) HONEYDEW (HONE + YEW with D) +++++ One of these Disney-owned Star Wars creatures is liberally woke. (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:** [May 7, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1310 "2022-05-07T15:21:47Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > One of these Disney-owned Star Wars creatures is liberally woke. (4) EWOK (yup yup) * * * Midnighter’s exclamation interrupted the souls of statues in secret. (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:** [May 10, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1311 "2022-05-10T05:15:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Midnighter’s exclamation interrupted the souls of statues in secret. (7) Okedoke? (throwing spaghetti to see if it sticks 😁) ---
**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:** [May 10, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1312 "2022-05-10T12:50:21Z")
Synonym for Midnighter, the sound it’s known to make, goes inside the word for statues that have souls trapped inside them, to get a word that means “in secret.” ---
**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:** [May 10, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1313 "2022-05-10T17:13:29Z")
All I got is that Midnighter is some kind of cartoon hero and “ka” (which has the needed k) for soul, but other than that, I ain’t got nothing. Which alas is pretty much nothing. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1314 "2022-05-10T19:22:05Z")
Ka is correct. Midnighter refers to an animal that’s known for making spooky sounds at night. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1315 "2022-05-10T20:45:12Z")
So, “hoot”, which yields “hokasot” which means nothing to me. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1316 "2022-05-10T21:50:08Z")
…and doesn’t overlap. Kahoots? That’s got problems, too. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1317 "2022-05-11T03:47:49Z")
But it’s no doubt the solution. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1318 "2022-05-11T04:37:18Z")
I think you are at the plate, kaylasdad99. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1319 "2022-05-11T05:59:01Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > l think you are at the plate, kaylasdad99. I’d think so too, if I didn’t have, shall we say, _views_ on the proper way to spell “cahoots.” But, if it gets things moving again… KAHOOTS +++++ You shouldn’t let one of these guys join your pistol men. (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:** [May 11, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1320 "2022-05-11T14:37:08Z")
What kind of problems? > **[In Kahoots](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/200289/kahoots)** > > Players score when they think in sync. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1321 "2022-05-11T16:18:19Z")
You shouldn’t let one of these guys join your pistol men. (9) SIMPLETON (pistol men anagram) +++++ They might lead to stuttering woes! (6, 8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=67)