Hackneyed saying about Chile's reform movement (6)
I believe the answer is:
cliche
'hackneyed saying' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'about chile's reform movement' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'c' (circa) and 'c' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'chile' is 'liche' which is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cliche that I've seen before include "Phrase made tedious through repetition" , "tired expression" , "saw, perhaps, used too much" , "Trite or obvious remark" , "Saying made tedious through repetition" .)