# 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:** 82
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1622 "2022-09-17T07:33:05Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Infamous Hitchcock flick.(9) NOTORIOUS Guide two pronouns together (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:** [September 17, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1623 "2022-09-17T13:19:32Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Guide two pronouns together (5) Usher Remember to take it back (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:** [September 17, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1624 "2022-09-17T20:26:20Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Remember to take it back (6) RECALL (double defnition) * * * Del Ray sings plain (5) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1625 "2022-09-19T12:51:26Z")
LLANO (“LANA” del Ray) +++++ Disfigured arm astounds prophet. (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:** [September 19, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1626 "2022-09-19T13:16:17Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Disfigured arm astounds prophet. (11) NOSTRADAMUS (arm astounds anagram) * * * Allegedly, smell a force unit for a grape. (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:** [September 19, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1627 "2022-09-19T16:52:28Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Allegedly, smell a force unit for a grape. (9) Confiture? (force unit anagram, but not sure how smell fits in) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1628 "2022-09-19T17:14:22Z")
No, not an anagram. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1629 "2022-09-19T17:26:47Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Allegedly, smell a force unit for a grape. (9) MUSCADINE (“Musk + A + Dyne”) +++++ Lincoln’s home is a banker’s nightmare. (8) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1630 "2022-09-20T10:32:01Z")
NEBRASKA (anagram of “a banker’s”; state capital is Lincoln) Dorothy’s not here any more (6) @Oly - something I missed when I first joined the game is that the start of the new answer will overlap to some extent with the end of the previous answer. Aside (do not read unless you want to completely give away the answer to my (already easy) clue above): This got me wondering about the longest overlapping chain of US states you can make. No doubt this is an established trivia fact, just not one I’d considered before. Can anyone beat this? 1. Utah 2. Hawaii 3. Idaho 4. Ohio 5. Oregon 6. Nebraska 7. Alaska 8. Kansas 9. South Carolina 10. Arkansas 11. South Dakota 12. Arizona 13. Alabama 14. Maine 15. New Mexico 16. Colorado 17. Oklahoma 18. Maryland 19. Delaware ---
**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:** [September 20, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1631 "2022-09-20T10:44:20Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Dorothy’s not here any more (6) KANSAS * * * The Perennial Nine appear in Gaulish warrior comic. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1632 "2022-09-20T11:08:59Z")
ASTERIX (an aster is a perennial flower; IX is 9 in Roman numerals) Dig up metal deposits between the two marks - copy that! (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:** [September 20, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1633 "2022-09-20T12:29:08Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Dig up metal deposits between the two marks - copy that! (5) Xerox ++++ Headless Willie runs into the intersection and jumps on a wagon (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:** [September 20, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1634 "2022-09-20T18:22:41Z")
Headless Willie runs into the intersection and jumps on a wagon (6) OXCART [(-b)OXCAR + T) +++++ Drawing oxygen into chest. (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:** [September 21, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1635 "2022-09-21T12:33:25Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Drawing oxygen into chest. (7) Cartoon? (Carton + o) ---
**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:** [September 21, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1636 "2022-09-21T16:15:24Z")
You got it. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1637 "2022-09-22T01:37:49Z")
Off cartoon: We’re now here, in oblivion (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:** [September 22, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1638 "2022-09-22T10:53:37Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > We’re now here, in oblivion (7). NOWHERE (now here) * * * Regal sheik is confused with underworld goddess. (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:** [September 22, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1639 "2022-09-22T12:20:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > * * * > > Regal sheik is confused with underworld goddess. (10) Ereshkigal (anagram regal sheik) ++++ Lois Lane is a great and loyal person, always leading from the get go. (3,3) ---
**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:** [September 22, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1640 "2022-09-22T14:39:35Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Lois Lane is a great and loyal person, always leading from the get go. (3,3) GAL PAL (first letters) * * * Alien, remake that sauce. (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:** [September 23, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1641 "2022-09-23T17:18:14Z")
ALFREDO (ALF + REDO) With 'er majesty gone, the kingdom ain’t what it used to be, alack! (6) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=83)