# 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:** 96
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1902 "2023-02-03T15:28:52Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > TOOT? Hint: my intended answer is an anagram of this one. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1903 "2023-02-03T17:54:24Z")
That leaves TOTO If it was “Cycle back and forth for dog” I might have gotten it. * * * Sounds like Fiddler star and an original gangsta are into deformed geometric objects. (8) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1904 "2023-02-03T18:13:31Z")
It was actually OTTO, as in the Otto cycle for internal combustion engines. But never mind, carry on 🙂. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1905 "2023-02-03T19:46:58Z")
TOPOLOGY (Topol + O.G.) Whether you end up last or with a large boat at the end of the alphabet, it’s all in how the dice roll. (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:** [February 4, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1906 "2023-02-04T15:24:04Z")
Yahtzee ++++ Strange that in the end the Riche wear spaghetti sauce. (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:** [February 5, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1907 "2023-02-05T19:00:07Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Strange that in the end the Riche wear spaghetti sauce. (5) EERIE (last letters) * * * Approximation method ruins a summer inn. ((7, 3) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1908 "2023-02-06T02:46:03Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Approximation method ruins a summer inn. ((7, 3) RIEMANN SUM (anagram) Sounds like the largest member of the deer family ate a light and airy dessert.(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:** [February 6, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1909 "2023-02-06T13:24:10Z")
Mousse +++ Northeastern influences in Asian religion intrigue OG YA writer (1,1,6) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1910 "2023-02-06T16:31:41Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Northeastern influences in Asian religion intrigue OG YA writer (1,1,6) S. E. HINTON (Shinto + NE) * * * Hairstyle causes nurse to panic. (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:** [February 6, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1911 "2023-02-06T16:48:38Z")
TONSURE (anagram of “nurse to”) +++++ Brief class on large container found by Nevada city, remodelled (9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1912 "2023-02-07T01:33:11Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Brief class on large container found by Nevada city, remodelled (9) RENOVATED (Reno+vat+ed) ++++++ Dilapidated relic Ted broke.(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:** [February 7, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1913 "2023-02-07T03:55:22Z")
DERELICT (Ted relic\*) +++++++ Determine hall is contaminated here! (5, 4, 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:** [February 8, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1914 "2023-02-08T23:37:10Z")
Anagram, if hint needed. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1915 "2023-02-09T02:47:21Z")
I get that it’s an anagram, but there’s a lot of possibilities. The best I can think of is THEIR ILLS DEMEAN. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1916 "2023-02-09T03:42:34Z")
The clue ends in a ! In cryptics this means that the clue in total works as both definition AND wordplay. So where might you determine a hall is contaminated? ---
**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:** [February 9, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1917 "2023-02-09T07:58:00Z")
Aha - THREE MILE ISLAND. Nice - I too had already figured it was an anagram, just couldn’t find the right words. +++++ Darned departed pet (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:** [February 10, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1918 "2023-02-10T18:35:55Z")
I thought this one would be easy, as it’s much more of an Americanism than anything else. And while “departed pet” could describe my username, my username has nothing to do with the answer - just a nice coincidence. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1919 "2023-02-10T21:14:05Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Darned departed pet (7) Doggone +++++ Campbell correct, then Hell freezes over (5) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1920 "2023-02-10T22:05:05Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Campbell correct, then Hell freezes over (5) NEVER (Neve+R) ++++ Passenger refused the seat on the right.(9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1921 "2023-02-12T22:35:21Z")
“refused” and “seat on the right” are the clue elements. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=97)