# 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:** 93
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1842 "2023-01-05T02:08:05Z")
Is a hint needed 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:** [January 5, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1843 "2023-01-05T02:19:07Z")
I thought it could be ENCHILADA DISH, but I couldn’t assemble the pieces. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1844 "2023-01-05T06:30:06Z")
Start with the n- only, not the en-. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1845 "2023-01-05T17:00:33Z")
Anagram ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1846 "2023-01-05T20:24:42Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Healthy Choice burrito isn’t an option. (9, 4) NUTRITION BARS * * * You can store your weapons here supposedly, underside and all. (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:** [January 5, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1847 "2023-01-05T21:09:20Z")
ARSENAL (double definition) The most ratable of Canadian provinces (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:** [January 6, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1848 "2023-01-06T03:36:05Z")
The most ratable of Canadian provinces (7) ALBERTA (ratable\*) +++++ All ages are allowed to enter mediterranean avant-garde electronic music group. (9, 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:** [January 7, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1849 "2023-01-07T02:35:45Z")
How about: All ages are allowed to become part of avant-garde Mediterranean /German electronic music group. (9, 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:** [January 7, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1850 "2023-01-07T16:40:56Z")
Tangerine Dream (anagram of Mediterranean + G). ++++ A lady in a mag can scramble the brain’s emotive center. (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:** [January 7, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1851 "2023-01-07T20:34:38Z")
Not 8 letters? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1852 "2023-01-08T00:02:07Z")
8 indeed. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1853 "2023-01-08T04:14:37Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > A lady in a mag can scramble the brain’s emotive center. AMYGDALA (a mag lady\*) +++++ Ranked forty-ninth among Guatamala skateboarding members. (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:** [January 8, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1854 "2023-01-08T07:30:24Z")
I don’t know, but my wife does - ALASKA (hidden word). +++++ Following supper, sounds like you have ground beef - sweet! (5, 6, 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:** [January 10, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1855 "2023-01-10T13:23:54Z")
After dinner 🍰s ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1856 "2023-01-10T14:37:01Z")
If your answer is “after dinner cakes”, that’s not quite right - because “cakes” doesn’t sound like ground beef. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1857 "2023-01-10T14:59:02Z")
How about After Dinner [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTi7VndaKyO2lQhpq8KmJ38bGEv8QMkOR7URNPA1vTcONK-OyGF1aMhx2Lw7hI&usqp=CAc) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTi7VndaKyO2lQhpq8KmJ38bGEv8QMkOR7URNPA1vTcONK-OyGF1aMhx2Lw7hI&usqp=CAc) ---
**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:** [January 10, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1858 "2023-01-10T15:50:39Z")
That, I can accept 🙂. Your turn. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1859 "2023-01-11T02:53:28Z")
Off After Dinner Mints: Ninja goes after head of state and puts him to sleep (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:** [January 12, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1860 "2023-01-12T04:32:28Z")
When I made that puzzle I thought ninjas were exclusively male. I’ve since learned there were female ninjas. So how about: Lee Harvey Oswald goes after head of state and puts him to sleep (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:** [January 12, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1861 "2023-01-12T20:14:24Z")
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