| Trite or banal (5) |
Mirror Classic |
02 Jan 2026 |
| Groan-worthy, say, as a joke |
New York Times |
29 Nov 2025 |
| Hokey |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Like some jokes |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2025 |
| Trite and tiresome |
Newsday |
22 Aug 2025 |
| Like this a-maize-ing pun |
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| Laughably predictable, like cereal? (5) |
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| Hackneyed |
The Telegraph Mini |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Hokey |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Mar 2025 |
| Like a dad joke |
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| Like jokes from a joke book, typically |
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| Trite description of growths on foot? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Dec 2024 |
| Sentimental, mawkish (5) |
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| Banal, overused (colloq) (5) |
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| Silly, like a dad joke |
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| Like stereotypical dad jokes |
USA Today |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Trite, as a joke |
Newsday |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Trite and ciiched (5) |
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| Like the stuff on the cob |
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| Trite, predictable (5) |
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| Trite or banal, slang (5) |
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| Feebly humorous (5) |
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| Groan-eliciting, as a joke |
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| Trite or mawkish |
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| Nowhere near clever |
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| Mushy mawkish (inf) |
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| Like many dad jokes |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Feb 2024 |
| Hackneyed |
The Times Concise |
15 Oct 2023 |
| Like sigh-inducing jokes |
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| Trite, as jokes |
Newsday |
27 Sep 2023 |
| Like bad puns |
Universal |
12 Jul 2023 |
| Like a cliched joke |
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| Hokey |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Feb 2023 |
| Like sigh-inducing jokes |
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| Unoriginal |
Canadiana |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Like many dad jokes |
Wall Street Journal |
19 May 2022 |
| Groan-eliciting, as a joke |
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| Old-fashioned, as humor |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Like many dad jokes |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Dec 2021 |
| Like a cliched joke |
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| Clichéd |
The Washington Post |
10 Sep 2021 |
| Clichéd |
LA Times Daily |
10 Sep 2021 |
| Like an eyeroll-inducing joke |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Like dad jokes |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2021 |
| Old-fashioned seamen, with modest exterior |
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| Like dad jokes |
Wall Street Journal |
15 May 2021 |
| Not subtle, as jokes go |
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| "That's so ___!," response to a sentimental joke |
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| Over-sentimental |
The Times Concise |
15 May 2020 |
| Old and stale (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Nov 2019 |
| Like bad jokes in Cape or New York? |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Nov 2019 |
| Like an awful 43-Across |
USA Today |
05 Oct 2019 |
| Like dad jokes |
The Washington Post |
28 May 2019 |
| Like dad jokes |
LA Times Daily |
28 May 2019 |
| Like most 'dad jokes' |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Like an awful 43-Across |
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| Like dad jokes |
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| Trite, sentimental |
The Times Concise |
13 Aug 2018 |
| Like terrible puns |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2018 |
| Hokey |
Thomas Joseph |
30 May 2018 |
| Cliché-ridden |
Newsday |
14 Jan 2018 |
| Like terrible puns |
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| Like groaner humor |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2017 |
| Like many bar jokes |
The Washington Post |
14 Apr 2017 |
| Like many bar jokes |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2017 |
| Like grandpa's jokes, probably |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2017 |
| Trite, as jokes |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2017 |
| Like many bar jokes |
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| Like groaner humor |
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| Like grandpa's jokes, probably |
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| Like many vaudeville comics |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Dec 2016 |
| Cheesy |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Dec 2016 |
| Old-fashioned, as humor |
Newsday |
18 Sep 2016 |
| Unfunny due to 64 Down |
Newsday |
14 Aug 2016 |
| Mawkishly sentimental |
Newsday |
24 Jul 2016 |
| Like a Kansan's trite joke? |
Universal |
20 Jun 2016 |
| Like groaners |
New York Times |
29 May 2016 |
| Like many knock-knock jokes |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2016 |
| Like a Kansan's trite joke? |
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| Like groaners |
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| Like some bad jokes |
Family Time |
20 Dec 2015 |
| Over-sentimental; trite |
The Times Concise |
12 Aug 2015 |
| Naval commander unknown to be so trite |
The Times Cryptic |
26 Jan 2015 |
| Like some awful jokes |
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| Like many puns |
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| Trite, as a joke |
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| Banal |
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| Far from side-splitting |
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| Not subtle, as humor |
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| Unsophisticated |
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| Hardly scintillating |
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| Like most "Hee Haw" jokes |
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| Trite, joke-wise |
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| Like "Hee Haw" humor |
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| Groanworthy, as a joke |
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| Groanworthy, as a joke |
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| Banal |
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| Lame, as a joke |
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| Like a trite joke |
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| Too earnest and old-school |
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| Unsophisticated |
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| Hokey |
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| Clichéd |
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| Clichéd |
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| Groan-inducing, maybe |
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| Lame, as a joke |
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| Like some bad jokes |
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| Like some sorry jokes |
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| Like some bad jokes |
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| Like some groaners |
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| Like some groaners |
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| Mawkish |
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| Unsophisticated, as humor |
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| Not very innovative |
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| Like a stale joke |
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| Hokey, as a joke |
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| Like the joke about the Iowa farmer? |
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| Like many an old joke |
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| Hackneyed |
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| Mawkish |
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| See 35-Down |
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| Like Kansas in August? |
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| Like some jokes |
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| Like some old jokes |
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| Hardly sophisticated |
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| Trite |
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| Jokes, sometimes |
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| Like Kansas? |
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| Hardly sophisticated |
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| Tiresomely unsubtle |
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| Groan-inducing, perhaps |
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| Tiresomely unsubtle |
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| Like Kansas in August |
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| Like some humor |
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| Like a stale joke |
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| Trite, joke-wise |
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| Lacking in subtlety |
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| Like Kansas in August |
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| Mawkishly sentimental |
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| Mawkishly sentimental |
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| Like painful area on foot, provoking weeping? |
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| Trite |
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| Like a trite joke |
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| Trite and mawkish |
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| Lacking subtlety |
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| Like Kansas in August |
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| Like an old joke |
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| Joke style |
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| Vaudevillian, in a way |
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| Predictable, as humor goes |
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| Old-fashioned informally |
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| Hokey |
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| Like Kansas in August? |
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| Trite |
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| Like "Hee Haw" humor |
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| Trite |
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| Mawkish |
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| Square |
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| Like many a joke |
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| Hackneyed |
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| Full of clichés |
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| Like this puzzle? |
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| Like some oaters |
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| Cliché-ridden |
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| Like some jokes |
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| Trite with age: Slang. |
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| Trite: Colloq. |
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| Tiresomely trite. |
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| Trite. |
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| Banal: Slang. |
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| Outworn, trite: Colloq. |
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| Unsophisticated: Slang. |
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| Tiresomely unsubtle |
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| Like Kansas in August. |
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| Banal: Colloq. |
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| Word for some jokes |
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| Certainly not camp. |
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| Trite: Slang. |
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| Not hip. |
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| Hackneyed: Slang. |
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| Sentimental: Slang. |
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| Trite: Informal. |
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| Old-fashioned: Slang. |
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| Trite and tiresome. |
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