# 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:** 71
**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, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1402 "2022-06-08T15:14:11Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I wouldn’t use this lumber, but… (3,4) YEW WOOD (you would) * * * They supposedly fear clasps for their hairstyles. (10) ---
**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 9, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1403 "2022-06-09T05:03:22Z")
They supposedly fear clasps for their hairstyles. (10) DREADLOCKS (dread + locks) +++++ Big red horse remarkably eats car tire. (11) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1404 "2022-06-09T08:13:51Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Big red horse remarkably eats car tire. (11) SECRETARIAT (anagram “eats car tire”) ++++ We put Scout’s dad upstairs in the American suite.(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:** [June 9, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1405 "2022-06-09T12:25:16Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > We put Scout’s dad upstairs in the American suite.(7) Atticus (attic+US) +++++++ Nuclear fusion in cow vomit creates tasty dessert (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 9, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1406 "2022-06-09T12:42:08Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Nuclear fusion in cow vomit creates tasty dessert (7) CUSTARD (cu/star/d) * * * That bastard isn’t concealing the time machine. (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:** [June 9, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1407 "2022-06-09T17:37:30Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > That bastard isn’t concealing the time machine. (6) Tardis (bastard isn’t) +++++ Scarecrow headgear is half strapped. Whatever. (5,3) ---
**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 10, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1408 "2022-06-10T02:26:57Z")
Better version: Scarecrow headgear is only partly strapped and… Whatever. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1409 "2022-06-10T04:14:10Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Scarecrow headgear is only partly strapped and… Whatever. STRAW HAT (STRApped + WHATever) * * * He founded a nation next to a chess champion. (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:** [June 11, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1410 "2022-06-11T18:38:53Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > He founded a nation next to a chess champion. (7) Ataturk (Ata+Turk) ++++++ Sir Lancelot, loaded with gin, killed those who went back on him.(6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1411 "2022-06-11T21:57:40Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Sir Lancelot, loaded with gin, killed those who went back on him.(6) KNIGHT (reversed) ++++ Being in the wrong, we left the crowd.(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:** [June 12, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1412 "2022-06-12T01:05:57Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Being in **th** e w **rong** , we left the crowd.(6) THRONG (_the wrong_ - we) +++++ Environmentalist’s quarters. (10) ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1413 "2022-06-12T15:07:51Z")
GREENHOUSE (double definition) Augmented fires require a backdraft. (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 12, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1414 "2022-06-12T17:20:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Augmented fires require a backdraft. (5) Serif (fires backwards) ++++ Fine night to talk about limits (6) ---
**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:** [June 12, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1415 "2022-06-12T20:47:17Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > > [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > > > He founded a nation next to a chess champion. (7) > > Ataturk (Ata+Turk) Right answer, but I’m not sure where you got “Ata” from. Next to = AT a = A ---
**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 13, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1416 "2022-06-13T14:00:54Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > not sure where you got “Ata” from. It’s short for “‘Ata boy!” ---
**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:** [June 13, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1417 "2022-06-13T18:44:59Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > _Fine night_ to talk about limits (6) FINITE (soundalike) +++++ Nitrate! Nitrate! In! Out! It’s the same thing over and over! (10) ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1418 "2022-06-14T14:05:26Z")
I thought ITERATION, but that has only 9 letters. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1419 "2022-06-14T14:37:29Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > l thought ITERATION, but that has only 9 letters. Keen observation will reveal that the clue has more than one iteration of “nitrate.” 😉 ---
**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 14, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1420 "2022-06-14T17:12:37Z")
Iterations? ---
**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 14, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1421 "2022-06-14T17:25:29Z")
I think you got it Oly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=72)