Hackneyed - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'hackneyed' is the definition.
(synonyms)

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

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(Other definitions for stale that I've seen before include "No longer take" , "Mouldy or hackneyed" , "Musty - out of date" , "Musty or hackneyed" , "past the sell-by date" .)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

'hackneyed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

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

'hackneyed' is the definition.
(synonyms)

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've seen this in another clue)

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(Other definitions for old hat that I've seen before include "Out of fashion, like ancient headgear" , "Stale - out of date" , "Antediluvian" , "Victorian Balmoral could be" , "A tediously familiar thing" .)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

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for old that I've seen before include "Long in the tooth" , "Advanced in years" , "Senescent" , "Long-established" , "Venerable" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate.

Hackneyed (5)