Historical clue formulations

• Like a whodunit in which the butler did it [duh!] — 2026-09-25
• Clichéd — 2025-06-05
• Tired, in a way — 2025-02-15
• Tired and predictable — 2024-10-21
• Trite — 2022-08-23
• Trite — 2020-10-12
• Hackneyed — 2017-12-26
• Ho-hum — 2013-05-19
• Quite unoriginal — 2012-11-20
• Overused — 2009-01-25
• Like "Have a nice day" — 2008-07-21
• Overdone — 2007-08-12
• Yawn-inspiring — 2007-05-14
• Humdrum — 2006-04-26
• Humdrum — 2006-03-01
• Trite — 2005-02-27
• Overdone — 2004-04-14
• Hackneyed — 2004-02-23
• Trite — 2002-05-27
• Far from fresh — 2002-03-22
• Hackneyed — 2002-02-11
• Yawn-inducing — 1998-04-15
• Highly hackneyed — 1997-04-23
• Hardly scintillating — 1997-02-21
• Trite — 1995-12-07
• Commonplace — 1995-05-04