# 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:** 83
**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 23, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1642 "2022-09-23T19:21:13Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > With 'er majesty gone, the king **dom ain** ’t what it used to be, alack! (6) DOMAIN (hidden word) * * * The twelfth of this ruler adds on Korean battle. (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1643 "2022-09-24T09:59:04Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > The twelfth of this ruler adds on Korean battle. (6) INCHON (inch+ON) ++++ They won the spelling contest. How sweet!(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:** [September 24, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1644 "2022-09-24T18:58:52Z")
Honey bee? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1645 "2022-09-26T03:35:26Z")
Yes. Take it away. ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1646 "2022-09-26T10:41:18Z")
Mr. McMahon, a Depression-era Bohemian requests soybeans 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:** [September 26, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1647 "2022-09-26T23:15:42Z")
EDAMAME (Ed+a+Mame) +++++ I hired some men to clean out all the keepsakes in Mom’s attic.(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 28, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1648 "2022-09-28T10:11:31Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > I hired so **me men to** clean out all the keepsakes in Mom’s attic.(7) MEMENTO (hidden word, bolded by me in the quote above). Does a mole sting too when confused? He might know (12) ---
**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 28, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1649 "2022-09-28T10:44:01Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Does a mole sting too when confused? He might know (12) ENTOMOLOGIST (anagram) * * * Reverend Spooner uses a mug for soaking until seeing instruction to cease activity. (4, 4) ---
**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 28, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1650 "2022-09-28T11:18:19Z")
STOP SIGN (spoonerised “sop stein”). Sounds like you’re locked out, dumpling! (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:** [September 30, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1651 "2022-09-30T02:24:08Z")
Sounds like you’re locked out, dumpling! (7) GNOCCHI (“No key”) +++++ Garden artist reconsidered his brush economy. (10, 5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1652 "2022-09-30T04:33:27Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Garden artist reconsidered his brush economy. (10, 5) HIERONYMUS BOSCH (anagram) ++++ A bunch of swimmers were behind the house during recess.(10) ---
**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 30, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1653 "2022-09-30T10:05:27Z")
SCHOOLYARD (school [of fish, i.e. “swimmers”] + yard [behind the house] = where you go in recess). Group of 3-footed avians? (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:** [September 30, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1654 "2022-09-30T14:43:28Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Group of 3-footed avians? (9) YARDBIRDS (yard + birds) * * * Pigpens should include balance for the Disco era. (9) ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1655 "2022-09-30T15:15:51Z")
Pigpens should include balance for the Disco era. (9) SEVENTIES [S(even)ties] +++++ Tried to guess how much Crackpot meditates (8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1656 "2022-09-30T15:40:05Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Tried to guess how much Crackpot meditates (8) ESTIMATED (anagram - letter count off) +++++ I muted the TV. It was so boring!(6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1657 "2022-10-02T15:10:35Z")
Hint: Anagram ---
**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:** [October 2, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1658 "2022-10-02T15:36:07Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > I muted the TV. It was so boring!(6) Tedium (I muted) +++ Full message says note came out of nowhere. (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:** [October 4, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1659 "2022-10-04T12:31:01Z")
Hint: It’s a sound alike ---
**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:** [October 4, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1660 "2022-10-04T15:04:04Z")
Manifested? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1661 "2022-10-04T18:22:32Z")
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