Hackneyed - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

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

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

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(Other definitions for stale that I've seen before include "No longer take" , "Mouldy or hackneyed" , "Musty - out of date" , "Musty or hackneyed" , "past the sell-by date" .)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

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

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

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(Other definitions for old hat that I've seen before include "Out of fashion, like ancient headgear" , "Stale - out of date" , "Antediluvian" , "Victorian Balmoral could be" , "A tediously familiar thing" .)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