- STALE
- Like some jokes
- Old hat
- Best bread for stuffing
- Like an old joke
- Old and worn
- Dried out
- Like old bread
- Ready to be used for French toast, say
- Like jokes that kids enjoy, often
- Overused
- Like my holiday cookies this year, without guests to eat them :(
- Tired
- Banal
- Hackneyed
- Shopworn, as stories
- Lacking new ideas
- Thrice-told
- In need of freshening
- In need of updating
- Like uninspired writing
- Hardly avant-garde
- Shopworn
- Like leftover chips
- Like old cigarettes
- Overfamiliar
- Suitable for croutons, in a way
- Cliché-ridden
- Like cut-rate bread
- Like an old bagel
- Like uncirculated air
- Like week-old bread
- Like week-old bread, possibly
- Moth-eaten
- Played out
- Boring
- Like a tough cookie?
- Like yesterday's baguette
- Old
- Days-old
- Flat, like beer
- Not fresh
- Too old to eat
- No longer fresh
- Past its prime
- Done to death
- Like an old loaf
- Like last week's bread
- Tedious
- Far from fresh
- Like old rolls
- So yesterday
- Past the "Sell By" date, perhaps
- Like old popcorn
- Old news
- In need of refreshing
- Like some checks ... or some Chex
- Flat
- Like hard bread
- Trite
- Like an overused joke
- Too hard, as bread
- Told too often
- Timeworn
- Like dry bread
- Passé
- Clichéd
- Old, as a joke
- Dry, as bread
- Dated
- Well past its prime
- Hardened, maybe
- Like many bad jokes
- Hardly new
- Like many dad jokes
- No longer novel
- Like bread for stuffing
- Moldy
- Flat and tasteless
- Overworn
- Less than fresh
- Passe
- Musty-smelling
- Past the freshness date
- Insipid
- Like old rye
- Tired, as an expression
- Unimaginative
- Musty
- Far from avant-garde
- No longer fresh, as bread
- Not fresh, as bread
- No longer edible
- Past the shelf date
- All played out
- Flat from overuse
- Out of practice
- All too familiar
- Humdrum, as humor
- No longer a novelty
- No longer fresh, as old bread
- No longer fresh, as rolls
- Not fresh anymore
- Overdone
- Jejune
- Lacking originality
- Dry
- Hoary
- Overtrained.
- Commonplace.
- Zestless.
- Vapid.
- ___, flat and unprofitable.
- How weary, ___, flat and unprofitable . . .
- Out of condition.
- Tasteless.
- Nor custom ___ her infinite variety.
- Hardly novel.
- Descriptive of yesterday's news.
- Like day-old news.
- Too old for use.
- Wheezy
- How weary, ___, flat . . .
- Twice-told.
- Flavorless.
- Not tasty.
- Like old jokes
- Fusty
- Mate of a sort
- Outdated
- Anagram of 5 Across
- Like some bread
- Uninteresting
- Kind of bread or joke
- Kind of bread for crumbs
- Unappetizing
- Old and dry
- Tediously familiar
- Like Joe Miller jokes
- Oft heard
- Stereotyped
- Lacking spontaneity
- Like a cliché
- Like leftover beer
- Like some puns or buns
- Like an old bialy
- Like old potato chips
- Out-of-date
- Warmed-over
- Out of fashion
- Unfresh
- Used
- Several-days-old
- Unoriginal
- Like Halloween candy in December
- Like chestnuts
- Like week-old doughnuts
- Like chips that have been set out too long
- Like an old cigar
- Past the expiration date
- No longer in style
- Like a day-old baguette
- Stuffy, as air
- Past its sell-by date
- Like yesterday's bagels
- Too-familiar
- Like some humor
- Like yesterday's news
- Dusty, fusty or musty
- No longer crisp, in a way
- So yesterday, say
- Like twice-told tales
- Like two-week-old bread
- Old, as bread
- Past the sell-by date, say
- Like bread used for stuffing, often
- Like the bread ideal for bread pudding
- Like some unpleasant air
- Hard, as bread
- Like old donuts
- Flat, as cola
- Flat, as soda
- Flat, as pop
- Like reused crossword clues
- Blah
- Lacking in novelty
- Like rock-hard bread
- Past its use-by date, maybe
- Like jokes you've heard before
- Like leftover snacks
- Like bread used for stuffing
- Like day-old mantou, probably
- No longer exciting
- Old and hard to eat
- Like several-days-old bread
- Overused, as a joke
- Having lost effervescence
- Stagnant
- No longer new or interesting
- Wilted
- Cliche-ridden
- Like old gossip
- Like days-old bread
- Not in the least fresh
- Flat, as a soda
- Hardly original
- Lacking freshness
- Long past the shelf date
- Way past the sell-by date
- Fresh no more
- Fresh? Don't make me laugh
- Like cola with no fizz
- Like bagels that aren't put away
- Like old chips
- Like week-old bread, often
- Like old pizza
- Like a rock-hard roll
- Like bread for French toast, ideally
- Cliched
- Like some crossword clues
- Ready for the trash
- Like bread for pigeons
- Lacking originality, as a joke
- Like dated food
- In need of an update
- Like day-old donuts
- Like yesterday's donuts
- Like old beer
- Like old beer or jokes
- Like old jokes or popcorn
- Past its "sell by" date, perhaps
- Past the "sell by" date, maybe
- Like a beaten-to-death joke
- Like bread for croutons
- Like last week's buns
- Like month-old bread
- Like old baozi
- Like the bread in stuffing
- Like yesterday's xiaolongbao
- Like month-old cake
- Like week-old injera, probably
- Like week-old naan
- Ho-hum
- Like old French bread
- Far from original
- No longer interesting
- Well past the sell-by date
- Told and retold
- Like some hard rolls
- Too often told
- Overworked
- Musty, as air
- Like week-old bagels
- Past its use-by date
