# 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:** 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 14, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/141 "2021-07-14T18:39:02Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 36 inches of swimming fish (10) Schoolyard ++++++ **Prof. Pepperwinkle** ’s last exhibit depicted either a barramundi or a mackerel (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:** [July 14, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/142 "2021-07-14T19:31:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Les Miserables (double definition Psst. I think it was a container (Miserable inside less) carry on ---
**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 14, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/143 "2021-07-14T19:52:46Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Psst. I think it was a container (Miserable inside less) Correct, but the answer was pretty obvious anyway. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/144 "2021-07-14T20:35:17Z")
> [@](#): > > **Prof. Pepperwinkle** ’s last exhibit depicted either a barramundi or a mackerel (7) Diorama (hidden in barramun **di or a ma** ckerel) +++++ Drunk art, a totem? That calls for a drink! (8) ---
**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:** [July 15, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/145 "2021-07-15T03:08:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Drunk art, a totem? That calls for a drink! (8) Dammit! A art tome, drunk? That calls for a drink! (8) My apologies. ---
**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, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/146 "2021-07-15T04:11:26Z")
A art tome, drunk? That calls for a drink! (8) AMARETTO (anagram) +++++ Insolate disfigured ending of your feet (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, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/147 "2021-07-15T11:05:47Z")
TOENAILS (anagram) Peel runs into space fairy (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 16, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/148 "2021-07-16T01:27:58Z")
Hint: Peel is a fictional character. ---
**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, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/149 "2021-07-16T02:29:15Z")
[ Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)[Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/g/Registered) [1h](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/148) Hint: Peel is a fictional character. Sigh. Not helping yet. ---
**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 16, 2021, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/150 "2021-07-16T10:34:36Z")
The actress who played Peel ---
**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 16, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/151 "2021-07-16T15:28:36Z")
OK, let’s move this along: SPRIGGAN (fairy) RIGG (actress who played Emma Peel) inside SPAN (space synonym) Clan and feline combine forces against tumor (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 16, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/152 "2021-07-16T17:22:35Z")
Clan and feline combine forces against tumor (8) GANGLION (GANG + LION) +++++ Two nonheroes destroyed unimportant site (3, 5, 4) ---
**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:** [July 17, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/153 "2021-07-17T02:10:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Two nonheroes destroyed unimportant site (3, 5, 4) One Horse Town +++++ Hamlet floater Village (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 17, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/154 "2021-07-17T02:57:03Z")
It’s (8) not (9), right? Asking for a friend. ---
**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, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/155 "2021-07-17T04:24:27Z")
Hamlet floater Village (8) TOWNSHIP (TOWN + SHIP) +++++ Old doctor’s method for transporting certain large African animals? (11) ---
**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:** [July 17, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/156 "2021-07-17T05:43:03Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > It’s (8) not (9), right? Asking for a friend. Hush, you. ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/157 "2021-07-17T06:01:39Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Old doctor’s method for transporting certain large African animals? (11) Hippocrates +++++++ All in flames at a nice inferno (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:** [July 17, 2021, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/158 "2021-07-17T07:01:05Z")
All in flames at a nice inferno (7) SATANIC (…flames at a nice …) +++++ Scandalously link comedian with an Acadamy Award-winning actress (6, 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 18, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/159 "2021-07-18T01:13:06Z")
I think this works better: Scandalously link comedian and an Acadamy Award winning actress. (6, 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:** [July 18, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/160 "2021-07-18T06:36:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Scandalously link comedian and an Acadamy Award winning actress. (6, 6) Nicole Kidman (anagram of LINK + COMEDIAN) +++++ Fantastic Beast emerges from a ruined cremation. (9) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=9)