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The Clue

Cornball (5 letter answer)

The Answer

HOKEY

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Notes

The answer HOKEY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.

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Contrived
Mawkish

Definition

HOKEY as an adjective:

1. (bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy) = effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
2. (artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted) = artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"