Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Like some puns or buns (5 letter answer)
The Answer
STALE
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Notes
The answer STALE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
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Banal
Commonplace
Dated
Flat
Fusty
Hackneyed
Insipid
Overfamiliar
Overtrained
Overused
Shopworn
Tired
Trite
Vapid
Like chestnuts
Old and dry
Old hat
Played out
Stuffy, as air
Like leftover beer
Like old bread
Like some jokes
Like yesterday's bagels
Like yesterday's news
No longer fresh
Past its prime
Past the shelf date
Like a day-old baguette
Like Joe Miller jokes
Like week-old bread
Like week-old doughnuts
Definition
STALE as a verb:
1. urinate, of cattle and horses
STALE as an adjective:
1. showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"
2. (stale, dusty, moth-eaten) = lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"
3. (cold, stale) = no longer new; uninteresting; "cold (or stale) news"