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The Clue
Well-worn (10 letter answer)
The Answer
THREADBARE
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The answer THREADBARE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Worn
Definition
THREADBARE as an adjective:
1. (banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn) = 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'"
2. having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"