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Hackneyed tour now rearranged (7)

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outworn

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'hackneyed' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives can occasionally mean the same thing.

'tour now rearranged' is the wordplay.
'rearranged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tour'+'now'='tournow'
'tournow' is an anagram of 'OUTWORN'.

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(Other definitions for outworn that I've seen before include "Old-fashioned" , "Jaded" , "Old, exhausted or no longer used as dress" , "Out of date" , "Obsolete, dated" .)

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