# 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:** 67
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1322 "2022-05-12T00:04:04Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > They might lead to stuttering woes! (6, 8) TONGUE TWISTER (anagram of “stuttering woes”) +++++ No one returns with a sore back cause they get worn down.(7) ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1323 "2022-05-12T03:54:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > What kind of problems? > [In Kahoots | Board Game | BoardGameGeek](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/200289/kahoots) But then you’d have to accept “krazy” as a legitimate word as well because it’s used in a brand name. ---
**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 12, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1324 "2022-05-12T04:09:30Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > No one returns with a sore back cause they get worn down.(7) EROSION (NO + I + SORE all reversed) * * * First off Mr. Hewson overwhelmed by one discipline reflects. (10) ---
**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 12, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1325 "2022-05-12T11:45:36Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > But then you’d have to accept “krazy” as a legitimate word as well because it’s used in a brand name. You’re saying KRAZY KAT can’t be used? ---
**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 13, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1326 "2022-05-13T03:30:05Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > First off Mr. Hewson overwhelmed by one discipline reflects. (10) Sigh. I got the first letter off BONO to get ONO- But nothing else. ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1327 "2022-05-14T04:37:24Z")
Onomastics? (spaghetti) ---
**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 15, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1328 "2022-05-15T14:13:16Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > First off Mr. Hewson overwhelmed by one discipline reflects. (10) IONOSPHERE (1 + Bono - B + sphere, ionosphere reflects radio waves) * * * You’ll find the disbeliever in there, tickled. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1329 "2022-05-15T16:49:49Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > You’ll find the disbeliever in there, tickled. (7) HERETIC (tHERE TICkled) ++++ Mama chases after auto body.(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 16, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1330 "2022-05-16T01:22:42Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Mama chases after auto body.(7) Chassis? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1331 "2022-05-16T02:54:42Z")
Nope. ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1332 "2022-05-16T13:07:20Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Mama chases after auto body.(7) CARCASS (CAR + CASS) +++++ Staircases posed challenge for news organization. (10, 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:** [May 16, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1333 "2022-05-16T16:09:57Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Staircases posed challenge for news organization. (10, 5) ASSOCIATED PRESS (anagram) * * * I hear you can view spirit at the beach. (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:** [May 17, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1334 "2022-05-17T03:09:41Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I hear you can view spirit at the beach. (8) Sealife (see life) +++++ To mew a buyer and seller (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:** [May 17, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1335 "2022-05-17T11:43:35Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Sealife (see life) First three letters are right, but the answer is 8 letters, not 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 17, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1336 "2022-05-17T12:28:25Z")
Seacoast? (sounds kinda like “see ghost”) ---
**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 17, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1337 "2022-05-17T15:15:57Z")
ding ding ding ---
**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 17, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1338 "2022-05-17T16:00:57Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Seacoast In retrospect Boris was never in, rather it was a Rick (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:** [May 18, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1339 "2022-05-18T16:57:34Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > In retrospect Boris was never in, rather it was a Rick (6) ASTLEY (backwards YELTSIN -IN + A) +++++ If you see Lady N jeer raucously, you’ll get a charge out of it. (6, 3) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1340 "2022-05-19T10:29:17Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > If you see Lady N jeer raucously, you’ll get a charge out of it. (6, 3) LEYDEN JAR (anagram) +++++ I heard Mr. Johnson gagged on a vegetable.(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 19, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1341 "2022-05-19T10:49:39Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > I heard Mr. Johnson gagged on a vegetable.(9) ARTICHOKE (Arte choke) * * * Dancer Gene is inexperienced, but has color. (5, 5) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=68)