# 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:** 89
**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 19, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1762 "2022-11-19T21:41:06Z")
Denali (from denial)? If correct: You and The Man first got high on battery innards (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 20, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1763 "2022-11-20T01:45:30Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > You and The Man first got high on battery innards (7) LITHIUM (lit + hi + u + m) * * * This junk era has a directive. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1764 "2022-11-22T23:23:00Z")
I think we need a clue. ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1765 "2022-11-23T02:14:26Z")
Mandate? (man has junk, date is a very short era šŸ˜) ---
**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 23, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1766 "2022-11-23T11:59:04Z")
synonym for junk + synonym for era = directive ---
**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 23, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1767 "2022-11-23T12:12:29Z")
MESSAGE (I think) +++++ Confused Old Etonian roaming without a cry (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 30, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1768 "2022-11-30T22:13:00Z")
I think we probably need a hint at this point to continue. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1769 "2022-12-02T02:28:18Z")
Itā€™s been over a week with no guesses and no hints, despite request. I motion we leapfrog this puzzle and defer the posting of a new puzzle back to **KO** , who got the most recent previous correct answer. Is there a second? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1770 "2022-12-02T04:05:53Z")
I agree. I think after a week a puzzle unsolved must be bypassed and the game thus progress. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1771 "2022-12-02T08:04:33Z")
Playing off MESSAGE: Elf embraces eccentricity because of DNA sequence. (6) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1772 "2022-12-02T09:46:18Z")
Sorry everyone - I didnā€™t see the hint request (I think partly because Discourse doesnā€™t send me a notification unless someone specifically replies to one of my posts), I assumed everyone had forgotten about the game over the holidays. GENOME (gnome with E in it). +++++ Last letter to the Corinthians (5) If anyone wants to still try and solve my previous effort, it may help you to know (if you werenā€™t aware) that ā€œOld Etonianā€ is often abbreviated to ā€œOEā€. Another (unrelated) hint is ā€œNative Americanā€. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1773 "2022-12-03T18:32:31Z")
I got the original GERONIMO, but the new one escapes me. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1774 "2022-12-03T18:35:03Z")
Is it OMEGA? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1775 "2022-12-03T18:47:59Z")
Yup, 2 out of 2! Corinthia is part of Greece. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1776 "2022-12-03T19:21:06Z")
Playing off OMEGA. Thereā€™s a lot of anger in Georgia regarding the addition to the House.(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:** [December 3, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1777 "2022-12-03T22:19:52Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > Thereā€™s a lot of anger in Georgia regarding the addition to the House.(6) GARAGE (Ga + rage) * * * They envisioned a psychotic role for actress. (5, 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:** [December 8, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1778 "2022-12-08T04:48:31Z")
Probably need a hint here. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1779 "2022-12-08T05:39:30Z")
ā€œenvisioned aā€ anagram ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1780 "2022-12-08T06:06:22Z")
Thatā€™s 11 letters ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1781 "2022-12-08T12:44:06Z")
Sorry about that. Change the clue to: They envisaged a psychotic role for actress. (5, 5) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=90)