# 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:** 74
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1462 "2022-07-01T10:59:21Z")
Sorry for my tardiness. Yes, Knowed\_Out, the thread belongs to you. The breakdown was (A headless robot played = b-ENDER’S GAME/ with a book of cards = Orson Scott Card wrote the book “Ender’s Game”). ---
**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:** [July 1, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1463 "2022-07-01T11:06:29Z")
Did you hear the one about Ms. Ryan, in the style of a crime boss, became a giant shark? (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:** [July 1, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1464 "2022-07-01T12:21:46Z")
Megalodon (sound alike: Meg ala don) +++++ Ten holy saints came together furtively. (2,3,3) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1465 "2022-07-01T22:55:00Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Ten holy saints came together furtively. (2,3,3) ON THE SLY (anagram) ++++ Part of an oily solvent used to clean.(5) ---
**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:** [July 1, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1466 "2022-07-01T23:24:54Z")
LYSOL (hidden word) Wild ConCatenations (4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1467 "2022-07-02T12:49:45Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Wild ConCatenations (4) LYNX (wildcat - links) Not sure if I wanted to solve that one considering what is left to work with. ++++ Coleridge’s lyrics were a rush job.(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:** [July 2, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1468 "2022-07-02T14:47:45Z")
Coleridge’s lyrics were a rush job.(6) XANADU (DDef Samuel Coleride and Rush song) +++++++ Where you might get the dirt on standup comic. (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:** [July 3, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1469 "2022-07-03T11:26:50Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Where you might get the dirt on standup comic. (7) DUSTPAN (standup anagram) * * * Energetic DiFranco married. (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:** [July 4, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1470 "2022-07-04T05:05:50Z")
Energetic DiFranco married. (8) ANIMATED. (Ani + mated) ++++++ TV Actor deliberated mystery. (5, 6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1471 "2022-07-04T09:23:52Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > TV Actor deliberated mystery. (5, 6) EDDIE ALBERT (anagram of “deliberated”) +++++ Advance publicity. What a drag!(7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1472 "2022-07-07T11:24:42Z")
Advance publicity/ what a drag! Double meaning, starts with “T”, 7 letters ---
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1473 "2022-07-08T01:39:32Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Advance publicity. What a drag!(7) TRAILER +++++ Cowboy turbocharges a battery. (5, 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:** [July 8, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1474 "2022-07-08T19:14:36Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Cowboy turbocharges a battery. (5, 8) Roger Staubach (turbochargers + a) +++++ Explode as a hailstone might do (3,3,4) ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1475 "2022-07-10T00:05:00Z")
How about: Explode in anger as a hailstone that strikes your house does (3,3,4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1476 "2022-07-10T00:19:52Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Explode in anger as a hailstone that strikes your house does (3,3,4) HIT THE ROOF (double meaning) +++++ Indiana Jones had the government take his Spanish gold.(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:** [July 10, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1477 "2022-07-10T19:12:03Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Indiana Jones had the government take his Spanish gold.(6) Fedora? (Double meaning? Hat evoked by IJ; fed + ora, however Spanish word for gold is oro, so maybe not) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1478 "2022-07-10T20:22:26Z")
You are correct Oly. I should probably brush up on my Spanish. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1479 "2022-07-11T00:02:48Z")
Off fedora: Be in at ten. Dance afterwards. (10) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1480 "2022-07-11T05:58:33Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Be in at ten. Dance afterwards. (10) ATTENDANCE (hidden word) +++++ Either it reaches the African nation or it doesn’t.(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:** [July 11, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1481 "2022-07-11T15:58:36Z")
ERITREA (hidden word) Merv gRiffin’s sidekick and teacher (8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=75)