# 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:** 79
**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 24, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1562 "2022-08-24T23:44:37Z")
Two letter overlap. ---
**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 25, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1563 "2022-08-25T02:26:38Z")
“Two letter overlap.” I don’t know what this means… ---
**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 25, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1564 "2022-08-25T03:47:30Z")
Two letters of the previous solution overlap with this solution; i.e., “ia” is the overlap. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1565 "2022-08-25T20:29:25Z")
It’s either IATROPHOBE (one with an intense fear of doctors) or IATROMANIA (an intense hatred of doctors), but I don’t know which or why. ---
**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 25, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1566 "2022-08-25T21:13:39Z")
Close. Try “relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment” ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1567 "2022-08-25T22:12:22Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > I got a nice red spot, thanks to that crazy doctor! (10) IATROGENIC (anagram) ++++ It’s pleasant collecting old metal…and addicting!(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 26, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1568 "2022-08-26T01:44:21Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > It’s pleasant collecting old metal…and addicting!(8) NICOTINE (nice + o + tin) * * * Roman emperor mixes gin and Italian cocktail. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1569 "2022-08-26T05:54:43Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Roman emperor mixes gin and Italian cocktail. (7) NEGRONI (Nero+gin) ++++ Argon continuously falls back.(7) ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1570 "2022-08-27T15:49:15Z")
Argon continuously falls back.(7) NIAGARA (AR + AGAIN backwards) +++++ Barista’s bone broken when the duck is somehow shot? (6, 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:** [August 27, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1571 "2022-08-27T20:14:38Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Barista’s bone broken when the duck is somehow shot? (6, 6) RABBIT SEASON (“Barista’s bone” anagram) * * * Anchorman fear pose upset Dusty Springfield song. (3, 2, 1, 8, 3) ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1572 "2022-08-28T05:35:49Z")
Anchorman fear pose upset Dusty Springfield song. (3, 2, 1, 8, 3) SON OF A PREACHER MAN (anagram) +++++ Detective married actress Sheridan before nine. (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:** [August 28, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1573 "2022-08-28T16:32:03Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Detective married actress Sheridan before nine. (6) MANNIX (m + Ann + ix) * * * Nothing on Watergate figure (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:** [August 28, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1574 "2022-08-28T19:26:09Z")
NIXON (Nix + on) An honest legend in his own time, snuggled down at home. (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1575 "2022-08-29T00:58:49Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > An honest legend in his own time, snuggled down at home. (6) NESTLE (hidden “hoNEST LEgend”) ++++ Have drumsticks with us, then we’ll have vegetables.(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 29, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1576 "2022-08-29T11:14:07Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Have drumsticks with us, then we’ll have vegetables.(7) LEGUMES (legs with u & me) * * * I’m Samoa poet, traveling to Iraq. (11) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1577 "2022-08-29T23:21:55Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I’m Samoa poet, traveling to Iraq. (11) MESOPOTAMIA (anagram) +++++ It sounds like my wheezing disease was caused by the toxic atmosphere.(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:** [August 30, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1578 "2022-08-30T01:25:19Z")
Miasma (my asthma) Tough guy in Vietnam? Oh, cameras turn that around. (5,3) ---
**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 30, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1579 "2022-08-30T01:37:55Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > It sounds like my wheezing disease was caused by the toxic atmosphere.(6) MIASMA (me asthma) * * * Ring found in entanglement. Toll the Chairman. (3, 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:** [August 30, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1580 "2022-08-30T04:50:51Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Ring found in entanglement. Toll the Chairman. (3, 6) Mao Zedong (maze + o + dong) ++++ If I may, I’ll keep my simulposted solution to the previous puzzle in play. Off miasma: Tough guy in Vietnam? Oh, cameras turn that around. (5,3) ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1581 "2022-08-30T15:25:00Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Tough guy in Vietnam? Oh, cameras turn that around. (5,3) MACHO MAN (reverse hidden word) Sorry Oly. I’m usually the one who gets overwritten on simulposts and didn’t notice yours. * * * Sibling love loses head and tail, gets a try for genealogy. (8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=80)