# 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:** 90
**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 8, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1782 "2022-12-08T14:06:08Z")
Still an anagram of those two words? The letters are different. ---
**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 8, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1783 "2022-12-08T14:30:11Z")
Since GEENA DAVIS is an actress, I’m going to go with that. Nice anagram once the right letters were given 🙂. +++++ View from windows (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:** [December 8, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1784 "2022-12-08T16:57:43Z")
Vista +++ See El? She ended up with bloat after visiting restaurant (4,4) ---
**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 9, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1785 "2022-12-09T13:01:38Z")
I think this is a better version: Elsie ended up with bloat after eating in restaurant (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:** [December 9, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1786 "2022-12-09T15:18:00Z")
TACO BELL (anagram of bloat + LC (Elsie) + E (for eating), I believe) +++++ In Spanish you call this animal (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:** [December 9, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1787 "2022-12-09T15:26:39Z")
Correct answer but my _logic_ was bloat + El + C. Nonetheless 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:** [December 9, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1788 "2022-12-09T15:44:10Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > In Spanish you call this animal (5) LLAMA (double def: Spanish for call, animal) * * * A mate, Urkel, found this unprofessional. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1789 "2022-12-10T03:00:06Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > A mate, Urkel, found this unprofessional. (7) AMATEUR (hidden word) +++++ Registered electronic devices said goodbye to Mexico.(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:** [December 11, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1790 "2022-12-11T17:38:51Z")
Registered electronic devices said goodbye to Mexico.(6) RADIOS (R + adios) +++++ Award for performing orcas? (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:** [December 11, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1791 "2022-12-11T17:51:44Z")
OSCAR (anagram of ORCAS) Can Santa’s red sleigh plod Uruguay’s snakeback rivers? (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1792 "2022-12-11T21:38:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Can Santa’s red sleigh plod Uruguay’s snakeback rivers? (7) RUDOLPH (reversed) +++++ It sounds like the Belgian language without his humour.(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 11, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1793 "2022-12-11T22:37:26Z")
PHLEGM (Sounds like Flemish without ish (jumbled “his”). +++++ FBI agent’s electronic domain? (5) ---
**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 12, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1794 "2022-12-12T01:07:34Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > FBI agent’s electronic domain? (5) GMAIL (G man=male homophone) * * * One fifty liter, one hundred and one on test is forbidden. (7) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1795 "2022-12-12T05:39:31Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > One fifty liter, one hundred and one on test is forbidden. (7) ILLICIT (roman numerals) +++++ I see that most of Italy is slanted.(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 12, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1796 "2022-12-12T14:38:49Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > I see that most of Italy is slanted.(6) ITALIC (Ital + IC) (Incidentally, I work in typography, and a slanted typeface is actually called oblique. An italic typeface can have some letters redesigned in addition to slanting. This occurs more in serif type.) * * * Bumbling witch portrayer added spirit to lilac eye mixture. (5, 8) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1797 "2022-12-13T00:02:58Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Bumbling witch portrayer added spirit to lilac eye mixture. (5, 8) ALICE GHOSTLEY (played Esmeralda on Bewitched, anagram) +++++ “They were checking me out!” I cried.(9) ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1798 "2022-12-13T09:25:57Z")
EYEBALLED (I bawled) - nice! +++++ Cecil? (2, 5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1799 "2022-12-13T10:58:20Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Cecil? (2, 5) ED ZOTTI (editor of The Straight Dope until 2008, suspected to be Cecil Adams) +++++ That boob who wears Hawaiian garlands in the back street has been handing out golf balls again.(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:** [December 13, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1800 "2022-12-13T11:29:48Z")
> [@Skunkdog](#): > > That boob who wears Hawaiian garlands in the back street has been handing out golf balls again.(8) TITLEIST (tit + lei + st) * * * Stay, fellows, for the organ. (6) ---
**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 13, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1801 "2022-12-13T13:31:19Z")
Stamen +++++ In the end, so tacketh on the Lord, dammit! (5) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=91)