Historical clue formulations

• Old, as a joke — 2026-07-08
• Far from fresh — 2025-04-24
• Like many a dad joke — 2024-11-23
• Overused and uncreative — 2024-09-30
• Tired — 2024-07-19
• Lacking creativity — 2023-10-21
• Like some unpleasant air — 2022-10-07
• Banal — 2022-10-01
• Lose its spark, as a relationship — 2022-06-19
• Like the bread ideal for bread pudding — 2021-11-14
• Like bread used for stuffing, often — 2020-07-21
• Old and worn — 2020-02-09
• Past the sell-by date, say — 2019-12-12
• Like two-week-old bread — 2019-03-18
• Hackneyed — 2019-03-01
• Old, as bread — 2019-01-14
• Like twice-told tales — 2018-08-18
• Overused — 2017-09-24
• Tired — 2017-09-08
• Played out — 2017-04-16
• *Hackneyed — 2017-01-10
• Overused — 2017-01-07
• So yesterday, say — 2016-12-08
• No longer crisp, in a way — 2016-07-02
• Trite — 2016-05-05
• Dusty, fusty or musty — 2016-03-25
• Hackneyed — 2015-07-19
• Tired — 2014-08-09
• Like some humor — 2014-05-03
• Like yesterday's news — 2014-03-11
• Like yesterday's bagels — 2013-07-31
• Too-familiar — 2013-07-19
• Played out — 2012-05-29
• Past its sell-by date — 2012-05-08
• Overused — 2012-03-27
• Clichéd — 2012-01-06
• Trite — 2011-09-11
• Like week-old bread — 2010-12-27
• Clichéd — 2010-06-02
• Banal — 2009-05-31
• Stuffy, as air — 2009-05-15
• Passé — 2008-02-03
• Old hat — 2007-06-25
• Like a day-old baguette — 2007-03-06
• Tired — 2006-09-24
• Not fresh — 2006-04-10
• Past its prime — 2005-10-09
• Flat — 2005-08-26
• Like old bread — 2005-06-13
• No longer in style — 2005-03-15