Historical clue formulations

• More likely to be marked down, say — 2025-06-19
• Like bread more suitable for panzanella — 2025-03-23
• Like yesterday's bread, compared with today's — 2024-06-30
• Less fresh — 2021-01-25
• Less fresh — 2020-03-18
• Mustier — 2015-04-12
• More rough around the edges, perhaps — 2013-12-26
• More clichéd — 2011-05-08
• Less up-to-date — 2008-11-26
• Like yesterday's news, to today's — 2005-07-10
• More hackneyed — 2005-01-24
• Harder or softer, depending — 2002-05-19
• Less original — 2002-02-09
• Not so new — 2000-05-21
• Not so tasty — 2000-02-04
• Not so newsworthy — 1999-08-29
• Less fresh — 1998-11-11
• Less original — 1998-08-30
• Less up-to-date — 1995-05-14
• Not as fresh — 1995-03-30
• More platitudinous — 1995-02-05
• Less original — 1994-04-11