| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Dreary and dull | LA Times Daily | 28 Sep 2022 |
| Visually blah | New York Times | 30 Aug 2022 |
| Gray and dreary | USA Today | 29 Jul 2022 |
| Lacking color | LA Times Daily | 25 Jul 2022 |
| Sans sparkle | USA Today | 28 Jun 2022 |
| Dull poet on the rise | The Times Cryptic | 23 Jun 2022 |
| Colorless | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Jun 2022 |
| Drearily dull | The Times Concise | 14 May 2022 |
| Dull-colored | Universal | 02 May 2022 |
| Dull in color | Universal | 11 Apr 2022 |
| Dull-looking | LA Times Daily | 28 Mar 2022 |
| Dull-looking | The Washington Post | 28 Mar 2022 |
| Lackluster | Thomas Joseph | 22 Mar 2022 |
| Just plain plain | LA Times Daily | 15 Mar 2022 |
| Just plain plain | The Washington Post | 15 Mar 2022 |
| Colorless | LA Times Daily | 11 Mar 2022 |
| Colorless | The Washington Post | 11 Mar 2022 |
| Far from flashy | LA Times Daily | 25 Jan 2022 |
| Far from flashy | The Washington Post | 25 Jan 2022 |
| Lacking color | New York Times | 23 Jan 2022 |
| Not colorful | Newsday | 19 Jan 2022 |
| Visually plain | Universal | 15 Dec 2021 |
| Lacking colour | The Guardian Quick | 10 Dec 2021 |
| Lacking in color | Universal | 05 Dec 2021 |
| Washed out | USA Today | 29 Nov 2021 |
| Tip from Dominic Raab: dismissing answer is dull | The Telegraph Cryptic | 09 Nov 2021 |
| Far from colorful | Newsday | 05 Sep 2021 |
| Dull-colored | New York Times | 26 Jul 2021 |
| Drearily dull | Premier Sunday | 13 Jun 2021 |
| Not at all colorful | Newsday | 04 May 2021 |
| Not that exciting | The Washington Post Sunday | 02 May 2021 |
| Not colorful at all | Family Time | 02 May 2021 |
| Dull and dreary | Universal | 21 Apr 2021 |
| Hardly flashy | Universal | 18 Apr 2021 |
| Lackluster | Newsday | 28 Mar 2021 |
| Colorless | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Mar 2021 |
| Dull-colored | New York Times | 01 Mar 2021 |
| Dull-colored | Universal | 25 Feb 2021 |
| Dull in color | Newsday | 12 Jan 2021 |
| Not very bright | New York Times | 26 Dec 2020 |
| Lacking oomph | USA Today | 17 Dec 2020 |
| Dull and dreary | USA Today | 16 Dec 2020 |
| Drearily dull | The Times Concise | 02 Nov 2020 |
| Reading up Shakespeare is dull | The Telegraph Cryptic | 01 Oct 2020 |
| Opposite of colorful | New York Times | 29 Sep 2020 |
| Dull in color | USA Today | 19 Aug 2020 |
| Blah | Universal | 02 Aug 2020 |
| Uncolorful | Newsday | 05 Jul 2020 |
| Humdrum | USA Today | 03 Jul 2020 |
| Dull-colored | USA Today | 28 Jun 2020 |
| Uninteresting | LA Times Daily | 21 Jun 2020 |
| Uninteresting | The Washington Post | 21 Jun 2020 |
| Lacking pizazz | New York Times | 16 Jun 2020 |
| Gray, say | New York Times | 10 Jun 2020 |
| Totally blah | Universal | 22 May 2020 |
| Dull and dreary | Wall Street Journal | 04 May 2020 |
| Dull | USA Today | 27 Apr 2020 |
| Blah | LA Times Daily | 05 Apr 2020 |
| Blah | The Washington Post | 05 Apr 2020 |
| Not very bright | Newsday | 04 Apr 2020 |
| Lacking color | Premier Sunday | 23 Feb 2020 |