Cryptic overlaps

Still an anagram of those two words? The letters are different.

Since GEENA DAVIS is an actress, I’m going to go with that. Nice anagram once the right letters were given :slight_smile:.

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View from windows (5)

Vista

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See El? She ended up with bloat after visiting restaurant (4,4)

I think this is a better version:

Elsie ended up with bloat after eating in restaurant (4,4)

TACO BELL (anagram of bloat + LC (Elsie) + E (for eating), I believe)

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In Spanish you call this animal (5)

Correct answer but my logic was bloat + El + C. Nonetheless carry on!

LLAMA (double def: Spanish for call, animal)


A mate, Urkel, found this unprofessional. (7)

AMATEUR (hidden word)

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Registered electronic devices said goodbye to Mexico.(6)

Registered electronic devices said goodbye to Mexico.(6)

RADIOS (R + adios)

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Award for performing orcas? (5)

OSCAR (anagram of ORCAS)

Can Santa’s red sleigh plod Uruguay’s snakeback rivers? (7)

RUDOLPH (reversed)

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It sounds like the Belgian language without his humour.(6)

PHLEGM (Sounds like Flemish without ish (jumbled “his”).

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FBI agent’s electronic domain? (5)

GMAIL (G man=male homophone)


One fifty liter, one hundred and one on test is forbidden. (7)

ILLICIT (roman numerals)

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I see that most of Italy is slanted.(6)

ITALIC (Ital + IC)

(Incidentally, I work in typography, and a slanted typeface is actually called oblique. An italic typeface can have some letters redesigned in addition to slanting. This occurs more in serif type.)


Bumbling witch portrayer added spirit to lilac eye mixture. (5, 8)

ALICE GHOSTLEY (played Esmeralda on Bewitched, anagram)
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“They were checking me out!” I cried.(9)

EYEBALLED (I bawled) - nice!

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Cecil? (2, 5)

ED ZOTTI (editor of The Straight Dope until 2008, suspected to be Cecil Adams)

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That boob who wears Hawaiian garlands in the back street has been handing out golf balls again.(8)

TITLEIST (tit + lei + st)


Stay, fellows, for the organ. (6)

Stamen

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In the end, so tacketh on the Lord, dammit! (5)