Cryptic overlaps

NOSFERATU (*of nature’s)

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Pursuer stumbles but takes the lead (7)

USURPER (anagram)


Director Jackson took in frost boundary. (9)

PERIMETER (Peter + rime)

Gave back the diaper money (6)

Repaid (diaper backwards)

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I’m telling you, in a perfect world I play cards with Bruce (7)

I’m telling you, in a perfect world I play cards with Bruce (7)

Ideally (“I deal Lee”)

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One dry drunk over there. (6)

YONDER (anagram)


That pistol made the silvery fish lose its head and swim in reverse color. (9)

DERRINGER (HERRING - H inside RED spelled backwards)

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Nation’s secret will anger many (7)

GERMANY (hidden)

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Initially, the cockeyed New York senator told a guest many ugly secrets.(9)

Nystagmus (first letters)

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Wallowing in mire is the celebrity colonel.(7)

Wallowing in mire is the celebrity colonel.(7)

MUSTARD (MUstarD)
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Drove about somewhere in Delaware. (5)

DOVER (anagram)

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Honestly, O’Keefe’s group went over it a second time to find the answer.(7)

Veritas (over it a second)? Seems to work but I’m not sure how O’Keefe fits in.

If correct:

I am so petty my only limit is infinity (9)

James O’Keefe runs the right wing propaganda group Project Veritas.

Ack! My brain got stuck on Georgia O’Keefe.

So off VERITAS:

I am so petty my only limit is infinity (9)

Does the answer have anything to do with math?

Yes, it’s ASYMPTOTE (I’m so petty*)

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Motorsport mogul has Lancashire accent? (10)

I don’t know enough about UK racing or dialects to get this one.

Ecclestone (Eccleston, Lancashire)

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Dithering on defeat is obtuse (4-4)

TONE-DEAF (anagram)

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Consequences of screwing around at the farm.(9)

AFTERMATH (anagram)


Capital can be made at chickens. (6)