| Trapped by routine |
Newsday |
24 Jun 2026 |
| Stuck doing the same old, same old |
New York Times Mini |
02 Feb 2026 |
| Stuck |
New York Times |
20 Jan 2026 |
| Following a tedious routine |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Dec 2025 |
| Trapped by habit |
Premier Sunday |
23 Nov 2025 |
| Not going anywhere |
Universal |
17 Sep 2025 |
| Stuck and bored |
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| Trapped by routine |
Newsday |
04 Jun 2025 |
| Choosing the same game day after day, say |
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| A turn I devised, trapped by boring routine? (2,1,3) |
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| Bored by routine |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Dec 2024 |
| Stagnant (3 wds.) |
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| Trade union directed one up and down (2,1,3) |
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| Without limitations, Tina & Ruth are bored of routine (2,1,3) |
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| Trapped in dreary routine may sound groovy (2,1,3) |
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| Trapped by routine |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Trapped by habit |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Stuck, literally or figuratively |
Universal |
11 Jul 2024 |
| Turin a place to get trapped by routine (2,1,3) |
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| A turn I can make, bored by routine (2,1,3) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Trapped by routine in a Turin settlement (2,1,3) |
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| Stuck to a routine (2,1,3) |
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| Caught in a tedious routine (2,1,3) |
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| How one could become stuck following tedious routine (2,1,3) |
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| Bored by familiarity (2,1,3) |
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| Trapped by routine |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2024 |
| Stuck in a routine (2,1,3) |
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| Needing change |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Apr 2024 |
| Fixed to a routine (2,1,3) |
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| Ripe for change |
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| Doing the same old thing every day |
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| Doing the “same old, same old” |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Going nowhere |
Newsday |
26 Oct 2023 |
| Needing change |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Sep 2023 |
| Stuck |
LA Times Daily |
17 Aug 2023 |
| Spinning one's wheels, literally or figuratively |
LA Times Daily |
01 Aug 2023 |
| Trapped by routine |
Newsday |
06 Jun 2023 |
| Bored by routine |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Apr 2023 |
| Hopelessly stuck |
Universal |
22 Dec 2022 |
| Trapped by routine |
Newsday |
31 Aug 2022 |
| Desperate for change |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Dec 2021 |
| Stuck going nowhere |
Premier Sunday |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Following a tedious routine |
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| Stuck with the same old, same old |
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| Not going anywhere |
New York Times |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Needing change |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Dec 2020 |
| Stuck at some boring job |
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| Not going anywhere |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Trapped by habit |
Premier Sunday |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Routine-bound |
Premier Sunday |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Bogged down |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2020 |
| Doing the same old, same old |
Universal |
13 Jun 2020 |
| Doing the same boring thing day after day |
Wall Street Journal |
04 May 2020 |
| Ready for a change |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2020 |
| Going nowhere |
Newsday |
22 Aug 2019 |
| Bored by routine |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Aug 2019 |
| Going nowhere, career-wise |
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| Going nowhere, career-wise |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2019 |
| Getting nowhere fast |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2019 |
| Doing the same old thing |
Newsday |
28 Jan 2019 |
| Going nowhere, career-wise |
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| Stuck ___ (same old grind): 3 wds. |
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| Needing a change |
Newsday |
02 Mar 2018 |
| Needing change |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Nov 2017 |
| Stuck |
New York Times |
27 Oct 2017 |
| Stuck at a dead-end job, say |
USA Today |
30 May 2017 |
| Trapped by routine |
Newsday |
09 Jan 2017 |
| Needing a life change |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jan 2017 |
| Stuck |
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| Stuck at a dead-end job, say |
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| Suffering from ennui |
LA Times Daily |
03 Sep 2016 |
| Making no progress |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2016 |
| Making no progress |
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| Suffering from ennui |
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| Not progressing, say |
New York Times |
22 Apr 2015 |
| Unchanging |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2015 |
| Routinely stuck at home with car out, lacking company |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Jan 2015 |
| Unchanging |
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| Not progressing, say |
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| Going nowhere fast |
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| Stuck |
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| Needing more variety |
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| Bogged down |
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| Mired |
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| Like many nine-to-fivers |
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| Going nowhere |
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| Stuck |
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| Crying out for change |
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| Not going anywhere |
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| Bored with one's routine |
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| Going nowhere fast |
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| Stuck with the same old routine |
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| Needing change |
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| Trapped by routine |
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| Doing the same old thing |
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| Bound by routine |
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| Unhappy with the daily grind |
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| Going nowhere, jobwise |
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| Going nowhere |
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| Trapped by routine |
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| Bound by routine |
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| Needing a change |
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| Not going anywhere |
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| Going nowhere |
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| Going nowhere |
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| Bogged down |
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| Doing the same old, same old |
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| Showing no imagination |
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| Ready for change |
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| Doing the same thing over and over |
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| Needing variety |
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| Needing variety |
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| Doing the same old same old |
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| Trapped by routine |
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| Uncreative |
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| Where the bored may be stuck |
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| Mired |
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| Bored with life, say |
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| Trapped by habit |
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| Needing a change |
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| Going nowhere fast |
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| Going nowhere fast |
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| Showing no imagination |
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| Getting nowhere fast |
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| Stuck and not going anywhere |
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| Going nowhere fast |
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| Getting nowhere fast |
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| Unable to escape the daily grind |
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| Going nowhere fast |
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| Unable to escape the daily grind |
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| Bogged down, say |
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| Not showing much creativity |
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| Going nowhere |
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| Going nowhere |
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| Going nowhere |
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| Stuck |
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| Stuck, perhaps |
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| Going nowhere |
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| Bound by routine |
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| Bogged down |
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| Bogged down |
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| Facing the same-old-same-old |
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| Bound by routine |
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| Going nowhere |
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| Uncreative |
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| Bored |
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| Spinning one's wheels |
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| Stuck |
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| Stuck |
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| Stuck |
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| Stagnating |
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| Unproductive |
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| Bored |
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| Not progressing, perhaps |
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| Getting nowhere fast |
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| Making no progress |
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| Stuck and not going anywhere |
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| Going nowhere |
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| Facing the same old, same old |
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| Bored |
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| Uncreative |
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| Crying out for a change |
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| Bound by routine |
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| Trapped by routine |
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| Making no progress |
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| Stagnant |
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| Getting nowhere |
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| Stultified |
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| Bored and trapped |
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| Trapped by sameness |
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| Needing a fresh outlook |
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| Plodding the treadmill |
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| Unpromisingly stuck |
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| Stagnating |
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| Not progressing |
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| Doing the same thing daily |
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| Habituated |
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| Doing the same things daily: Phrase. |
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| Following the beaten path. |
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| Going nowhere, fast |
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| Trapped by daily routine. |
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| Tied to a routine. |
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| Doing the same things daily. |
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| Routinized. |
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