# 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:** 78
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1542 "2022-08-09T11:18:03Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Look in the TV set on Halloween for diocesan university. (5, 4) SETON HALL (hidden) ++++ Ms. Fitzgerald turned up for the gruesome story.(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:** [August 9, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1543 "2022-08-09T13:15:44Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Ms. Fitzgerald turned up for the gruesome story.(8) ALLEGORY (ELLA backwards + GORY) * * * Son, nearly dry, tumbles like Deadpool. (4, 8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1544 "2022-08-09T13:30:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Son, nearly dry, tumbles like Deadpool. (4, 8) RYAN REYNOLDS (anagram) ++++ We almost sold the car company to a city in Alabama.(10) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1545 "2022-08-10T02:24:46Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > We almost sold the car company to a city in Alabama.(10) Oldsmobile ++++ Second rate deli cut mixes in liver tube (4,4) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1546 "2022-08-10T06:18:07Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Second rate deli cut mixes in liver tube (4,4) BILE DUCT (B+anagram of “deli cut”) ++++ It sounds like you let him borrow your vehicle then he became rude and aggressive.(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:** [August 10, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1547 "2022-08-10T12:51:02Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > It sounds like you let him borrow your vehicle then he became rude and aggressive.(9) Truculent +++++ Mineral spirits help with weight loss? (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:** [August 13, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1548 "2022-08-13T15:34:10Z")
How about: Mineral spirits mean weight loss? (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:** [August 14, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1549 "2022-08-14T00:22:51Z")
Only thing I can think of is THINNER, but that doesn’t overlap. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1550 "2022-08-14T07:02:23Z")
The previous answer was truculent. Overlap OK, KO. You’re up! ---
**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:** [August 14, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1551 "2022-08-14T12:13:49Z")
THINNER (double meaning) Sounds like Roman emperor canine is an armchair detective. (4, 5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1552 "2022-08-14T12:49:25Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Sounds like Roman emperor canine is an armchair detective. (4, 5) NERO WOLFE (Nero+wolf) +++++ They removed titanium from the fusing mixture by design.(4,4) ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1553 "2022-08-15T13:37:02Z")
They removed titanium from the fusing mixture by design.(4,4) FENG SHUI (“the fusing” anagram -T) +++++ Inaccurately predicting how this concoction found in your clothing would make you uncomfortable. (7, 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:** [August 17, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1554 "2022-08-17T03:32:59Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Inaccurately predicting how this concoction found in your clothing would make you uncomfortable. (7, 6) ITCHING POWDER (predicting how) * * * Vagrants hold empty remains overwhelmed by withdrawal (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1555 "2022-08-17T23:18:46Z")
Vagrants hold empty remains overwhelmed by withdrawal (9) DERELICTS (DTS+e+RELIC) +++++ The man was covered in lesions after eating the sticky treat.(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:** [August 19, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1556 "2022-08-19T03:51:54Z")
The man was covered in lesions after eating the sticky treat.(6) S’MORES (SmORES) ++++++ Dangerfield wanted this specter exorcised. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1557 "2022-08-19T13:09:07Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Dangerfield wanted this specter exorcised. (7) RESPECT (anagram) ++++ Using your muscles to return the misdelivered parcel to its rightful owner.(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:** [August 19, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1558 "2022-08-19T14:28:30Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Using your muscles to return the misdelivered parcel to its rightful owner.(8) Pectoral (parcel to) +++ Doctor sucks cold fish (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:** [August 19, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1559 "2022-08-19T15:39:22Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Doctor sucks cold fish (4,7) ORAL SURGEON (sucks synonym, sturgeon - t) * * * On a lion from Animal Crossing, Andy’s son, uh, discusses comic book sound effects. (12) ---
**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:** [August 20, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1560 "2022-08-20T18:04:39Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > On a lion from Animal Crossing, Andy’s son, uh, discusses comic book sound effects. (12) Onomatopoeia (homophone: on a + Mott + Opie + uh) ++++ I got a nice red spot, thanks to that crazy doctor! (10) ---
**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:** [August 22, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1561 "2022-08-22T22:12:52Z")
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