- TRITE
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Uninspired
- Like cliches
- Cliched
- Overused
- Like hackneyed writing
- Quaintly corny
- Like seen-it-all-before writing
- Overly used
- Platitudinous
- Stale
- Far from fresh
- Worn out by use
- Like "old as the hills"
- Old hat
- Stereotyped
- Banal
- Overworked, as a phrase
- What "fresh as a daisy" is, ironically
- Done and done?
- Lacking originality
- Lacking freshness
- Like a worn-out maxim
- Shopworn
- Overused, as a phrase
- Like many a cliché
- Threadbare
- Cliché-ridden
- Unoriginal and dull
- Done to death
- Hardly fresh
- Like a cliché
- No longer fresh
- Commonplace
- Like "Hot enough for you?"
- Cliche
- Like a cliche
- Uninteresting
- Not at all original
- Cornball
- Warmed-over
- Clichéd
- Like overused crossword clues
- Said too often
- Humdrum
- Well-worn
- Not remotely fresh
- Tired
- Overused, as an expression
- Like overly rehearsed comments, probably
- Banal, or a three-part hint for the answers to the starred clues
- Like stale expressions
- Heard too often
- Overused, as expressions
- Moth-eaten
- All too familiar
- Much-heard
- Unimaginative
- Far from original
- Much-seen-before
- Far from innovative
- Much too familiar
- Over-heard
- Overly used, as expressions
- Done to extremes
- Timeworn
- Overworked
- Overused, as a saying
- Too-often repeated
- Heard all too often
- Overused, as clichÈs
- Overly familiar, as a phrase
- Corny
- This is almost tripe, but has "It"
- Vapid.
- No longer amusing.
- Twice-told.
- Meaningless from repetition.
- Not original.
- Bromidic.
- Relative of 33 Down.
- Lacking novelty.
- Clichélike.
- Often heard before.
- Thrice-told
- Like old Jokes
- Lacking imagination
- Timeworn, as a joke
- Like a thrice-told tale
- Jejune
- Like a platitude
- Like an old chestnut
- Old as Methuselah, in a way
- Worn-out
- Played out
- Not fresh
- Not novel
- Formulaic
- Overly common
- Stating the obvious
- Beaten to death
- Like a sunset at the end of a movie
- Used too much
- Like "Have a nice day!"
- Like "Have a nice day," for example
- Repentant
- Hardly original
- Like the invitation line "Be there or be square"
- Like the expressions "a dime a dozen" and "a penny for your thoughts"
- Opposite of original
- Like the saying "You win some, you lose some"
- Like a stock quote?
- Like a played out joke
- Overly familiar, in a way
- Lacking spontaneity
- Contemptibly familiar
- Cliche-ridden
- Repeated too often
- Lacking in freshness
- No longer original
- Like a stale joke
- Original as a 48-Down? No
- Stale, joke-wise
- Said way too often
- Undistinguished
- Like some speeches
- Like an old cliche
- Hackneyed or unimaginative
- Worn out by overuse
- Like cornball humor
- Like "It is what it is"
