# 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:** 87
**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:** [October 28, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1722 "2022-10-28T22:09:00Z")
EDDIE VAN HALEN (anagram of “invaded Helena”) +++++ Things are looking up! (10) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1723 "2022-10-30T22:28:40Z")
Probably time for a clue. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1724 "2022-10-31T03:11:17Z")
Lenticular? ---
**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:** [October 31, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1725 "2022-10-31T08:30:40Z")
OK, this one was too sparse, sorry. Let’s try this: Puzzled doctor (without retweet) takes pen and mostly sees - things are looking up! (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:** [November 1, 2022, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1726 "2022-11-01T08:36:11Z")
Hmm, I think I may have inadvertently been misleading - the last part is probably better phrased as “things are looking up, and down!”. I’ll give it another day or so and if no-one gets it, will move on. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1727 "2022-11-01T12:28:49Z")
Divulging the overlap letter(s)’d probably help. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1728 "2022-11-01T12:56:04Z")
Fair, happy to see if this small additional piece of information helps. The word you are looking for begins: EN \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1729 "2022-11-02T03:00:37Z")
I’m guessing endoscopes? Things would definitely be looking up. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1730 "2022-11-02T09:48:53Z")
Correct! Though I must admit that for some while, I had confused endoscopy with colonoscopy (just as well I’m not a doctor), hence “looking up”. I think the instrument used to perform a colonoscopy is still a type of endoscope, though, so it still works. But my original clue simply didn’t have enough information. The revised version had an anagram (indicated by “puzzled”) - it was “doctor”, without “RT” (retweet), plus “pen” and “ses” (“mostly sees”). I thought the ‘doctor’ and ‘pen’ (an endoscope could be described as a ‘camera pen’) elements might also lead people towards the answer. Your turn. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1731 "2022-11-02T10:39:14Z")
I got the doctor - rt + pen part, but was trying to find an anagram with “see” instead of “ses.” I’ve had three colonoscopies. They record the footage with a microcamera, but I’m not particularly interested. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1732 "2022-11-03T08:52:44Z")
Break out (giving short notice) and go on a fun adventure.(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:** [November 3, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1733 "2022-11-03T10:48:54Z")
ESCAPADE (escape + ad) * * * Clinton’s Secretary of State drops excavation, emerges as pop singer. (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:** [November 3, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1734 "2022-11-03T13:44:54Z")
Adele (Madeleine [Albright] - mine) ++++++ Seemingly forever, Great Sven was slightly sick before Wonka’s lolly (11) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1735 "2022-11-03T22:53:03Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Seemingly forever, Great Sven was slightly sick before Wonka’s lolly (11) EVERLASTING (anagram of Great Sven + il) +++++ Bar from going out without you.(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:** [November 4, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1736 "2022-11-04T00:17:29Z")
INGOT (from goING OuT, without the u). A quick “Shalom” and the moor is barred. (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:** [November 4, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1737 "2022-11-04T13:59:10Z")
OTHELLO (Old Testament + hello) - nice one. +++++ Ineffably blooming, so dropping? (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:** [November 6, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1738 "2022-11-06T15:32:00Z")
Ineffably blooming, so dropping? (8) LOWERING (f- LOWERING) +++++ Supposedly virgin wildebeest. (3) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1739 "2022-11-06T16:02:57Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Supposedly virgin wildebeest. (3) GNU (homonym) +++++ Standard outfit.(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:** [November 6, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1740 "2022-11-06T17:09:20Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Standard outfit.(7) UNIFORM (double meaning) * * * The arrangement will coalesce at the charged atom. (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1741 "2022-11-06T17:18:07Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > The arrangement will coalesce at the charged atom. (9) FORMATION (form+at+ion) +++++ I heard nothing about Mr. Norris’s favorite weapon.(7) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=88)