| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| BANAL | Hackneyed | |
| TRITE | Hackneyed | |
| OVERUSED | Hackneyed | |
| WELL WORN | Hackneyed (4-4) | |
| TRUISM | Hackneyed saying | |
| WORN | Hackneyed, trite | |
| CLICHE | Hackneyed phrase | |
| HACK | Hackneyed; hired; mercenary. | |
| STALE | Hackneyed trite cliched mawkish | |
| BANALITY | Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech. | |
| UNTRADED | Not traded in or bartered; hence, not hackneyed; unusual; not common. | |
| HACKNEY | To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation. | |