Cryptic overlaps

Two letter overlap.

“Two letter overlap.”

I don’t know what this means…

Two letters of the previous solution overlap with this solution; i.e., “ia” is the overlap.

It’s either IATROPHOBE (one with an intense fear of doctors) or IATROMANIA (an intense hatred of doctors), but I don’t know which or why.

Close. Try “relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment”

IATROGENIC (anagram)

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It’s pleasant collecting old metal…and addicting!(8)

NICOTINE (nice + o + tin)


Roman emperor mixes gin and Italian cocktail. (7)

NEGRONI (Nero+gin)

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Argon continuously falls back.(7)

Argon continuously falls back.(7)

NIAGARA (AR + AGAIN backwards)

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Barista’s bone broken when the duck is somehow shot? (6, 6)

RABBIT SEASON (“Barista’s bone” anagram)


Anchorman fear pose upset Dusty Springfield song. (3, 2, 1, 8, 3)

Anchorman fear pose upset Dusty Springfield song. (3, 2, 1, 8, 3)

SON OF A PREACHER MAN (anagram)

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Detective married actress Sheridan before nine. (6)

MANNIX (m + Ann + ix)


Nothing on Watergate figure (5)

NIXON (Nix + on)

An honest legend in his own time, snuggled down at home. (6)

NESTLE (hidden “hoNEST LEgend”)

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Have drumsticks with us, then we’ll have vegetables.(7)

LEGUMES (legs with u & me)


I’m Samoa poet, traveling to Iraq. (11)

MESOPOTAMIA (anagram)

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It sounds like my wheezing disease was caused by the toxic atmosphere.(6)

Miasma (my asthma)

Tough guy in Vietnam? Oh, cameras turn that around. (5,3)

MIASMA (me asthma)


Ring found in entanglement. Toll the Chairman. (3, 6)

Mao Zedong (maze + o + dong)

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If I may, I’ll keep my simulposted solution to the previous puzzle in play.

Off miasma:

Tough guy in Vietnam? Oh, cameras turn that around. (5,3)

MACHO MAN (reverse hidden word)

Sorry Oly. I’m usually the one who gets overwritten on simulposts and didn’t notice yours.


Sibling love loses head and tail, gets a try for genealogy. (8)