# 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:** 75
**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 12, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1482 "2022-07-12T04:22:31Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Merv gRiffin’s sidekick and teacher (8) TREACHER (tReacher) ++++ Colossal helium nuclear bomb. (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:** [July 12, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1483 "2022-07-12T11:11:45Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Colossal helium nuclear bomb. (9) HERCULEAN (he + nuclear) * * * Have you done any damage to the drug? (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1484 "2022-07-12T21:26:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Have you done any damage to the drug? (7) ANODYNE (anagram) +++++ My former partner always had their head up their ass. That’s why we’re at a crossroads.(5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1485 "2022-07-13T22:42:01Z")
Try this: The unAmerican asshole took my former partner in. That’s why we’re at a crossroads.(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:** [July 14, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1486 "2022-07-14T16:40:43Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > The unAmerican asshole took my former partner in. That’s why we’re at a crossroads.(5) Expat? ( fits overlap, letter count, evoked by unAmerican and former partner, has a cross in it; otherwise spitballing) ---
**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 14, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1487 "2022-07-14T16:56:41Z")
Nexus? ex in N(for no) US? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1488 "2022-07-14T23:14:55Z")
Nexus is correct (A - nus, + ex). Your puzzle Biotop ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1489 "2022-07-15T00:14:13Z")
NEXUS +++++ Concert film assignment pokes fun. (4, 6, 5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1490 "2022-07-15T10:47:14Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Concert film assignment pokes fun. (4, 6, 5) STOP MAKING SENSE (anagram) +++++ Is a lemon used for wheat flour?(8) ---
**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 15, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1491 "2022-07-15T11:57:17Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Is a lemon used for wheat flour?(8) SEMOLINA (anagram) * * * To insert prop in a, in a private setting without first consulting Victor, is tasteless. (13) ---
**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 16, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1492 "2022-07-16T18:49:26Z")
INAPPROPRIATE [IN A P(PROP) RI(-v) ATE] +++++ Wept upon endangered anteater’s ID. (4-7) ---
**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 17, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1493 "2022-07-17T00:52:44Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Wept upon endangered anteater’s ID. (4-7) TEAR-STAINED (anagram) * * * Madame, 'e made beans in a pod. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1494 "2022-07-17T06:22:23Z")
EDAMAME (anagram) +++++ Why do lemurs run away from music?(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 17, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1495 "2022-07-17T13:28:24Z")
Why do lemurs run away from music?(6) MELODY (reverse container) +++++ Energetic, feisty, damn icy! (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 17, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1496 "2022-07-17T14:23:35Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Energetic, feisty, damn icy! (7) DYNAMIC (anagram) * * * A so-called vulgar term for Irishman can be cordial. (8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1497 "2022-07-17T19:38:38Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > A so-called vulgar term for Irishman can be cordial. (8) AMICABLE (a+MICK+able) The elder used a Nazi code machine in his trickery.(11) ---
**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 18, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1498 "2022-07-18T12:54:51Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > The elder used a Nazi code machine in his trickery.(11) LEGERDEMAIN? (elder + ge + main) ---
**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 18, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1499 "2022-07-18T14:18:41Z")
gemain is an anagram of enigma. Carry on, Knowed\_Out. ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1500 "2022-07-18T15:18:53Z")
OK, research shows that Enigma = Nazi code machine, so elder + enigma. * * * A Tweet shines mixed with a Beatles cover song. (4, 3, 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 18, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1501 "2022-07-18T16:53:05Z")
AIN’T SHE SWEET - anagram of A TWEET SHINES Astronaut John Glenn drank a backward gnat (4). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=76)