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5 letters · New York Times · Sunday, November 11, 2012 · 41-Down

Appeared in 7 New York Times Crosswords between November 1995 and November 2012.

Exact puzzle match · New York Times · November 11, 2012 · 41-Down · 5 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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