Clues for the word "STALE"
We've had 219 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 704 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on December 12, 2025.
Definition of stale
- n. - The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.
- v. i. - Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.
- v. i. - Not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread.
- v. i. - Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.
- v. i. - Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.
- v. t. - To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.
- a. - To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle.
- v. i. - That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use.
- v. i. - A prostitute.
- v. i. - Urine, esp. that of beasts.
- v. t. - Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon.
- v. t. - A stalking-horse.
- v. t. - A stalemate.
- v. t. - A laughingstock; a dupe.
Referring Clues
- Unfresh
- Past its prime
- Several-days-old
- Like an old joke
- Old hat
- Tired
- Unoriginal
- Days-old
- Past the shelf date
- Like week-old doughnuts
- Like chestnuts
- Like Halloween candy in December
- Like chips that have been set out too long
- Like week-old bread
- Like an old cigar
- Played out
- No longer fresh
- Past the expiration date
- Flat
- Like old bread
- No longer in style
- Not fresh
- Like a day-old baguette
- Passe
- Stuffy, as air
- Banal
- Like uncirculated air
- Hackneyed
- Like an old bagel
- Like week-old bread, possibly
- Moth-eaten
- Cliché-ridden
- Like a tough cookie?
- Boring
- Like yesterday's baguette
- Old
- Flat, like beer
- Too old to eat
- Overused
- Trite
- Hoary
- Timeworn
- Dated
- Shopworn
- Told too often
- Too hard, as bread
- Musty
- Lacking originality
- In need of freshening
- Like jokes you've heard before
- No longer novel
- Like old gossip
- In need of an update
- Like dated food
- Having lost effervescence
- Lacking originality, as a joke
- Like bread for pigeons
- Done to death
- Clichéd
- Like rock-hard bread
- Like several-days-old bread
- Like day-old donuts
- Like last week's bread
- Hard, as bread
- Like days-old bread
- Fusty
- Old-hat
- No longer interesting
- Well past the sell-by date
- Like many a crossword clue for the word OREO, or like old Oreos
- Like an old loaf
- Tedious
- Like an old loaf
- Like old cigarettes
- Turned hard(6)
- Like some jokes
- Past its best
- Far from fresh
- Monsters
- Flat, as cola
- No longer edible
- Like old rolls
- Like old donuts
- Past its sell-by date
- Like dry bread
- Way old
- Old, as a joke
- So yesterday
- Hardly original
- Vapid
- Not in the least fresh
- Too-familiar
- Like yesterday's bagels
- Far from original
- Flat, as soda
- Like yesterday's news
- Like some humor
- Told and retold
- Past the "Sell By" date, perhaps
- Like hard bread
- Lacking freshness
- Less than fresh
- Out of practice
- Flat, as pop
- Dry, as bread
- Dusty, fusty or musty
- Like bread made into stuffing, perhaps
- Lacking in originality
- No longer crisp, in a way
- Well past its prime
- Hard to swallow
- Ready for the birds
- Hardly fresh
- Flat, as a soda
- So yesterday, say
- Opposite of fresh
- *Hackneyed
- Long past the shelf date
- Past its "sell by" date, perhaps
- Far from avant-garde
- Like yesterday's donuts
- No longer fresh, as bread
- Not fresh, as bread
- Way past the sell-by date
- Warmed-over
- Humdrum, as humor
- Day-old
- Rusty
- Not longer fresh
- Saint gets drink that's not fresh
- Like unfunny jokes
- Like old pretzels
- Like day-old bread
- Drink - after second time, urinate
- Old tales re-edited
- Old broken slate
- See 25
- Lacking spontaneity
- See 20
- Least fresh?
- Past the "sell by" date, maybe
- Cliche-ridden
- Like leftover snacks
- Like uninspired writing
- Hardly avant-garde
- Mouldy
- Second story is unoriginal
- 11 sturdy old hat
- Unoriginal opening to short story
- No longer fresh, like two-day-old doughnuts
- Fresh no more
- Like old beer or jokes
- Overfamiliar
- All too familiar
- Stagnant
- No longer fresh, like old bagels
- Not new in the least!
- Old table top found amongst discounted items
- Hard and dry, like bread
- No longer a novelty
- Like old jokes or popcorn
- Like old, dry bread
- Like old beer
- Old, initially sad story
- Least fresh? Not fresh at all
- Like cola with no fizz
- Like twice-told tales
- Humdrum
- Old and funny tales
- Too often told
- Fresh? Don't make me laugh
- Like bagels that aren't put away
- Old, as bread
- Like old chips
- Like bread for croutons
- Hardened, maybe
- Like many bad jokes
- Like two-week-old bread
- Like a beaten-to-death joke
- Like last week's buns
- Past the sell-by date, say
- Cliched
- Like week-old bread, often
- Old and worn
- Uninspired by Dickens' last work of fiction?
- No longer fresh, as old bread
- Like bread used for stuffing, often
- Past prime
- No longer exciting
- Like bread used for stuffing
- Old tales rehashed
- Like old jokes
- Like many dad jokes
- Worn out
- Tiresome
- Like April's bread in June
- Like old pizza
- Old and hard to eat
- Hardly new
- Not fresh anymore
- Like day-old mantou, probably
- Like old baozi
- Like the bread in stuffing
- Like month-old bread
- Like the bread ideal for bread pudding
- Lose its spark, as a relationship
- Old tales reworked
- Like some unpleasant air
- Like yesterday's xiaolongbao
- Lacking creativity
- Like bread for stuffing
- So, so overused
- Like week-old naan
- Overused and uncreative
- Like week-old injera, probably
- Like month-old cake
- Like many a dad joke
- Uninspired
- Left out overnight, maybe
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - December 12, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 04, 2025
- Daily American - November 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 26, 2025
- LA Times - November 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 31, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 17, 2025
- Daily American - October 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 16, 2025
- New York Times - August 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 22, 2025
- Daily American - June 16, 2025
- LA Times - June 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 03, 2025
- Daily American - April 27, 2025
- New York Times - April 24, 2025
- LA Times - April 20, 2025
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