# 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:** 70
**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:** [June 4, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1382 "2022-06-04T15:05:22Z")
Oh, Contessa! You over mixed the pastries! (3,6) OAT SCONES (O + Contessa anagram) +++++ Like cryptic coteries! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1383 "2022-06-04T17:05:48Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Like cryptic coteries! Esoteric (anagram, assuming answer is 8 letters) * * * McGillicuddy’s husband, a witty guy, crashed into Spanish river. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1384 "2022-06-04T17:14:25Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > McGillicuddy’s husband, a witty guy, crashed into Spanish river. (7) RICARDO (RI-card-O) ++++ Unusually hot girl was stuffing fish before the storm; perhaps a tornado.(7,4) ---
**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:** [June 4, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1385 "2022-06-04T19:34:51Z")
Unusually hot girl was stuffing fish before the storm; perhaps a tornado.(7,4) DOROTHY GALE [DOR(oth\*)Y + GALE] +++++ First metal (4) ---
**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:** [June 4, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1386 "2022-06-04T21:43:20Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > First metal (4) Lead (double meaning) +++ Made miserable about death (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:** [June 5, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1387 "2022-06-05T16:22:16Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Made miserable about death (6) DESIRE (hidden word) * * * Desire wiener topping (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:** [June 5, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1388 "2022-06-05T17:13:48Z")
Are we playing off DEMISE (correct) or DESIRE (not so correct)? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1389 "2022-06-05T17:31:00Z")
If DEMISE: According to reporter, gives up grains. (5) +++++ If RELISH (d/d): Rids oneself of storage buildings (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:** [June 5, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1390 "2022-06-05T18:37:58Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Rids oneself of storage buildings (5) Sheds (double def / bonus puzzle) +++++ DEMISE was the correct answer. So in play: > [@Biotop](#): > > According to reporter, gives up grains. (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:** [June 5, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1391 "2022-06-05T19:24:34Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > According to reporter, gives up grains. (5) Seeds or cedes? Either way: Celebrity money goes to coffee shop (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1392 "2022-06-05T23:35:43Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Celebrity money goes to coffee shop (9) STARBUCKS (double meaning) ++++ Female pigs ingest a partition.(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:** [June 6, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1393 "2022-06-06T04:57:59Z")
Female pigs ingest a partition.(8) SWALLOWS (S -wall- OWS) -----++++++++ They informed us about the boxer making Don’s funeral miserable. (5 , 3 , 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:** [June 6, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1394 "2022-06-06T10:58:33Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Are we playing off DEMISE (correct) or DESIRE (not so correct)? I’m senile. Sorry about the mixup. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1395 "2022-06-07T04:39:03Z")
They informed us about the boxer /making Don’s funeral miserable. (5 , 3 , 9) Hint: In a traditionally structured “American” cryptic clue there is usually a point where an imaginary dividing line could be placed between the wordplay portion and the definition portion of a clue. The challenge is to determine where to draw the line and which part is which. Division added above. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1396 "2022-06-08T01:35:20Z")
Are the first two words sugar ray? Fits overlap and word count, evokes boxer. Other than that, spaghetti. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1397 "2022-06-08T03:20:44Z")
They sang to us about the boxer /making Don’s funeral miserable. (5 , 3 , 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:** [June 8, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1398 "2022-06-08T04:17:33Z")
Simon and Garfunkel (anagram making dons funeral) ++\*+ Lean cry about crime (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:** [June 8, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1399 "2022-06-08T12:59:21Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > They sang to us about the boxer /making Don’s funeral miserable. (5 , 3 , 9) I used to wear that album out, and I couldn’t pick up on that. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1400 "2022-06-08T14:39:05Z")
I got stuck on thinking “informed” signaled a homophone. Couldn’t think outside of the boxer! ---
**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:** [June 8, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1401 "2022-06-08T15:04:50Z")
Larceny (anagram of LEAN CRY) I wouldn’t use this lumber, but… (3,4) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=71)