Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Past its sell-by date (5 letter answer)
The Answer
STALE
Tags
Notes
The answer STALE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
Related Clues
Commonplace
Dated
Flat
Fusty
Hackneyed
Insipid
Overfamiliar
Passé
Stereotyped
Tasteless
Tired
Trite
Unappetizing
Used
Vapid
Days-old
Lacking spontaneity
Like chestnuts
Like a cliché
Not fresh
Oft heard
Old hat
Out of condition
Out of practice
Played out
Tediously familiar
Like an old cigar
Like yesterday's bagels
No longer fresh
No longer in style
Past its prime
Like Halloween candy in December
Like week-old bread
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"