Cryptic overlaps

EASTER SUNDAY (anagram)


That crazy red-bearded outlaw Akkadian got into the mixed condiments. (8, 3)

That crazy red-bearded outlaw Akkadian got into the mixed condiments. (8, 3)

YOSEMITE SAM (“Semite” inside anagram of “mayos”)

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Someday, perhaps, you might find yourself with a herding dog. (7)

Samoyed (anagram of SOMEDAY)

At this pace Cnud seemed a little backwards. (8)

DUNCECAP (“pace Cnud” backwards)


Neutered rooster begins to edge towards gangster. (6)

Capone (capon + e)

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Something worth jotting down: A proper place for token hoboes.(3,3,3,5)

Something worth jotting down: A proper place for token hoboes.(3,3,3,5)

ONE FOR THE BOOKS (“for token hoboes” anagram)

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Miniature collie mauled Elephant Goddess getting high. (8, 8)

SHETLAND SHEEPDOG (elephant goddess + h)


Bigger tot flirted disastrously with recently deceased comedian. (7, 9)

Gilbert Gottfried (anagram BIGGER TOT FLIRTED)

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A WA hornet crooned there along with Willie and the Poor Boys. (4,2,3,6)

DOWN ON THE CORNER (lyrics from the song, clue should have read “NW hornet crooned” to be an anagram)

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Uneasy one leaves strange souvenir.(7)

NERVOUS (souvenir - i)


Fred took his first test at CA university. (8)

Stanford (SANFORD + T)

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Abandon dry land (6)

Desert (homograph)

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Somehow rates a mattress (5)

Serta (anag. rates).

19 + 21 x 25 / 30 = 33.3 (5)

Edit - Hint: Ignore order of operations.

Hint: What do the numbers 19, 21, 25, and 30 have in common?

ADELE (albums named after her age when recorded)

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Old king on a slide got confused.(8)

Adele (album titles)

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Altered the general increase (7)

Not quite, but close enough, and the thread is already progressing. The actual answer is ALBUM. Summing the Adele albums as shown equals 33.3, which is one of the RPM speeds of a vinyl album

Mighty clever

Not everybody has such intimate knowledge of Adele, just sayin’.

Let’s see if I can pull this off.

LEONIDAS (anagram)

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Make something of broken shiny sets (9)

ENLARGE (anagram)

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Phil Collins was in at the start. (7)

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Leaving out a sibling is messed up, but that’s the way to make a haploid. (7)

ETA: NOW the thread is progressing.