# 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:** 97
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1922 "2023-02-15T08:05:39Z")
Starts with “R” ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1923 "2023-02-16T13:40:15Z")
Roadblock (may not be the answer but fits the clue) ---
**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 16, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1924 "2023-02-16T19:19:51Z")
The best I got is REDIRECTS. ---
**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 16, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1925 "2023-02-16T19:41:11Z")
> **[Passenger - Nettwerk Music Group](https://nettwerk.com/artist/passenger/)** > > Mike Rosenberg, better known as Passenger, is a multi-award winning, platinum-selling singer-songwriter from Brighton, England. Although still known for his busking, he long ago made the journey from street corners to stadiums –most notably with “Let... ROSENBERG? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1926 "2023-02-17T06:54:42Z")
The answer is REJECTION (“R”+ejection [seat]) Pass ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1927 "2023-02-17T13:21:20Z")
Off REJECTION: After sleep family needs wipe (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:** [February 17, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1928 "2023-02-17T13:40:23Z")
Ah, I couldn’t get “rejected” out of my head (not enough letters), didn’t get it partly because I call it an “ejector seat” rather than “ejection seat” - no worries, I think you were unlucky there. > [@Oly](#): > > After sleep family needs wipe (6) NAPKIN (nap + kin) +++++ Light reading device? (6) ---
**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 17, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1929 "2023-02-17T16:36:47Z")
KINDLE ++++ There’s an actress who swam fairly well. (6) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1930 "2023-02-18T05:27:57Z")
There’s an actress who swam fairly well. (6) ESTHER (anagram) Williams +++++ There was a leftover rail used.(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 18, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1931 "2023-02-18T08:42:22Z")
RESIDUAL (anagram of rail used) +++++ Gallery is not to be sneezed at (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:** [February 18, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1932 "2023-02-18T11:22:14Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Gallery is not to be sneezed at (7) ALLERGY (anagram) * * * Calls for Mr. Fieri to destroy that spelled out log for women’s health. (9) ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1933 "2023-02-18T15:23:59Z")
9 or 10? ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1934 "2023-02-19T12:01:29Z")
(counts with fingers) 10. ---
**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 19, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1935 "2023-02-19T12:53:08Z")
GYNECOLOGY (Guy + neco? + L-O-G spelled out) +++++++ Whilst visiting an octopus’s garden, this is where we all live (6,9) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1936 "2023-02-20T00:59:19Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Whilst visiting an octopus’s garden, this is where we all live (6,9) YELLOW SUBMARINE +++++ I would be unchanged in a finer tiara.(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 20, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1937 "2023-02-20T01:43:31Z")
F **iner tia** ra ++++ Derriere devotee helps? (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 20, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1938 "2023-02-20T17:25:38Z")
This is a better version: Lend a hand to derriere devotee? (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:** [February 20, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1939 "2023-02-20T17:32:14Z")
ASSIST (I agree that’s better, as in the original, “helps” would lead one to “assists”. Love the concept, good one - although “ass-ist” could also indicate someone prejudiced against asses?) +++++ “Que?” - famous Cleese line - or was it Palin, unexpectedly? (3, 7, 11) ---
**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 20, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1940 "2023-02-20T20:11:05Z")
THE SPANISH INQUISITION +++++ Among the botanicals there is one flower that is the greatest sleuth: not the shy violet, nor the crocus, but the orchid. (4,5) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983/1941 "2023-02-23T17:14:43Z")
Nero Wolfe (anagram ONE FLOWER) +++++ F’n diet stinks! (5) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-overlaps/944983.md?page=98)