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The Clue
Most old-hat (7 letter answer)
The Answer
STALEST
Tags
Notes
The answer STALEST is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1000 puzzles.
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Least fresh
Least newsworthy
Most familiar
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Most outdated
Most trite
Most uninteresting
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Most vapid
Oldest, as jokes
Passe in the extreme
Least salable, perhaps
Definition
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"