Hackneyed - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

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

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for trite that I've seen before include "all vigour is gone" , "Commonplace, hackneyed" , "repeated too often" , "Stock" , "Lyre string" .)

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

'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(Other definitions for stale that I've seen before include "No longer take" , "Mouldy or hackneyed" , "Musty - out of date" , "Musty or hackneyed" , "past the sell-by date" .)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 Independent, The Sun, the King Feature Syndicate, The Sunday Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, the Evening Standard, The Times and The Mirror.

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

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(Other definitions for old hat that I've seen before include "Out of fashion, like ancient headgear" , "Stale - out of date" , "Antediluvian" , "Victorian Balmoral could be" , "A tediously familiar thing" .)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

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