Hackneyed - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'hackneyed' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for stale that I've seen before include "No longer take" , "Mouldy or hackneyed" , "Musty - out of date" , "Musty or hackneyed" , "past the sell-by date" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Times, the LA Times, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Sun, The Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Sunday Times and The Wall Street Journal.

'hackneyed' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for banal that I've seen before include "'Trite, time-worn (5)'" , "Trite or fatuous" , "Old hat" , "Uninspiring" , "tired" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Times, the LA Times, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Sun, The Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Sunday Times and The Wall Street Journal.

'hackneyed' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for corny that I've seen before include "Over-sentimental; trite" , "Not original" , "Platitudinous" , "Cheesy" , "Trite, sentimental" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Times, the LA Times, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Sun, The Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Sunday Times and The Wall Street Journal.

'hackneyed' is the definition.
(I know that hackneyed can be written as threadbare)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for threadbare that I've seen before include "Shabby" , "poor" , "deprived of nap" , "cliche-ridden" , "Frayed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

'hackneyed' is the definition.
(I know that hackneyed can be written as old-hat)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for old hat that I've seen before include "Out of fashion, like ancient headgear" , "Stale - out of date" , "Antediluvian" , "Victorian Balmoral could be" , "A tediously familiar thing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

Hackneyed (5)