More hackneyed Crossword Clue
6 letters · New York Times · Sunday, April 11, 2021 · 68-Down
Appeared in 3 New York Times Crosswords between January 2005 and April 2021.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · April 11, 2021 · 68-Down · 6 letters
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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
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