| Passable or middling (2-2) | Mirror Classic | 25 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 15 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Passable | The Telegraph Quick | 08 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | "Not great, could be better," say: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre | Wall Street Journal | 30 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Just okay | USA Today | 24 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 22 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 18 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Middling | New York Times Mini | 17 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Not bad, but not great | New York Times | 16 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Nothing special | Newsday | 14 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Meh | LA Times Daily | 13 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Help one's leader only moderately | The Telegraph Toughie | 05 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Just OK | New York Times | 03 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Middling, as a review | The Telegraph Mini | 31 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Average | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 30 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Thomas Joseph | 28 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Indifferent over after spinner on song initially (2-2) | The Sun Two Speed | 22 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Of moderate quality | The Times Concise | 21 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 20 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Average | Wall Street Journal | 19 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Not bad but not great | USA Today | 17 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | OK | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 07 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Not too bad | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 01 Aug 2025 | 
          
            | Decidedly meh | LA Times Daily | 31 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly mediocre (2-2) | Mirror Cryptic | 28 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Average (2-2) | Mirror Quick | 28 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | "Comme ci, comme a," in English |  |  | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad (2-2) | Mirror Classic | 12 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Indifferent seamstress's action reportedly needs repeating | The Times Cryptic | 12 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Meh | Universal | 01 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 30 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Help! Operetta's overture neither good nor bad |  |  | 
          
            | Neither great nor terrible | Wall Street Journal | 30 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Not terrible, not great |  |  | 
          
            | Average standing order - and another (2,2) |  |  | 
          
            | We need help with nothing ordinary |  |  | 
          
            | Unexceptional rascal, and playing truant | The Times Cryptic | 19 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Mediocre | USA Today | 19 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Fair to middling | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 14 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Thomas Joseph | 09 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Meh | TV | 08 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly average (2-2) | Mirror Cryptic | 07 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Average (2-2) | Mirror Quick | 07 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Fine, but not great | USA Today | 06 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | OK-ish | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 06 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Eliciting a "meh," maybe | Wall Street Journal | 02 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Meh | TV | 01 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Second round, you repeat, is not very good (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Blah (2-2) | The Guardian Quick | 20 May 2025 | 
          
            | So repeat it if it's tolerable! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly mediocre | Mirror Cryptic | 17 May 2025 | 
          
            | Average | Mirror Quick | 17 May 2025 | 
          
            | Average | Mirror Quick | 10 May 2025 | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly average | Mirror Cryptic | 09 May 2025 | 
          
            | Help! Nothing is tolerable! |  |  | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly mediocre | Mirror Cryptic | 04 May 2025 | 
          
            | Average | Mirror Quick | 04 May 2025 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Wall Street Journal | 30 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Nothing more than a distress signal, neither good nor bad |  |  | 
          
            | Average; thus (with 59 Across) | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 24 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Call for help by head of organisation is ordinary (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Neither great nor that bad (2-2) | The Sun Mini | 23 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | It's OK | New York Times | 18 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Very very fair | The Times Sunday Cryptic | 13 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Thomas Joseph | 12 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Such repetition is fair (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Thus, again, is mediocre(2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Thus extremely average (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 06 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Commuter | 04 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Middling | Universal | 27 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Meh-worthy | LA Times Daily | 25 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 25 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Just all right | Universal | 25 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Just average | Newsday | 23 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Really, really average! (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Not too good and not too bad (2.2) |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre, average | The Times Concise | 21 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | For some sound to echo, is only fair (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Moderate cry for help by Oscar (2-2) | The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 08 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 04 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Not bad but not good | Universal | 04 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Very small duck, nothing to write home about | The Times Quick Cryptic | 03 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Just all right | New York Times | 28 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Very, very mediocre (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Miso soup essentially underwhelming (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Not great, not terrible | Universal | 24 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Indifferent, well well (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing more than a desperate message, to be fair (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Just average (2 words) | Family Time | 16 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Nothing special | The Telegraph Quick | 16 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | It's only fair to duplicate a note (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Extremely | Newsday | 15 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Unexceptional | Wall Street Journal | 15 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Thomas Joseph | 03 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | A note repeated ___ that's only fair (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Only okay | LA Times Daily | 29 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Thus again is only fair (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Meh | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 28 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | C-worthy | New York Times | 28 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Fair, middling | The Telegraph Mini | 27 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Really, really indifferent (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Adequate | New York Times | 23 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Hewn out snowshoe was just mediocre (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Meh | Universal | 14 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Average | Mirror Quick | 08 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly average | Mirror Cryptic | 08 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | "Not great, not terrible" | Universal | 07 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Middling, indifferent (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | We hear broadcast twice, but it's only mediocre! (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Middle-of-the-road | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 01 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Meh | New York Times | 30 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Not too good and not too had (2,2) |  |  | 
          
            | So - again it's just tolerable! |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferent call for help comes to nothing (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad (Hyph.) |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 11 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Only moderately good well (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Really, extremely unimpressive | The Telegraph Toughie | 10 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | A bit meh, as the kids say | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 09 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Somewhat meh |  |  | 
          
            | Small duck seen twice not fantastic | The Sun Two Speed | 01 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Mediocre | The Sun Two Speed | 01 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | No great shakes | LA Times Daily | 28 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Average | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 23 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Just OK | Universal | 16 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Mayday is nothing, all right? (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | So - I repeat - it's just tolerable! |  |  | 
          
            | Very, very meh! | The Times Quick Cryptic | 05 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Indifferent note duplicated (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre | The Sun Two Speed | 01 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Appeal for help and love just about acceptable? | The Sun Two Speed | 01 Nov 2024 | 
          
            | Average | Mirror Quick | 26 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly mediocre | Mirror Cryptic | 26 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Shoe shop, oddly, is neither good nor bad (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Only fair to hear encouragement to seamstresses? (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Extremely meh |  |  | 
          
            | So twice you say it's tolerable (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly average | Mirror Cryptic | 19 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Mirror Quick | 19 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Just right, just right, OK? | The Times Quick Cryptic | 17 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Nothing after Mayday? Nothing to write home about |  |  | 
          
            | Very, very middling? | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 11 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Average, at best (2 words) | Family Time | 06 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Average pair of sulphur monoxide molecules (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | A note repeated - that's only fair (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | OK, help me, love (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | A fair bit of stuttering? (2- 2) |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme Aa |  |  | 
          
            | Fair | New York Times | 25 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | It is thus repeatedly neither good nor bad (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | "Not great, could be better," say: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | It's tolerable so repeat it |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre | Mirror Classic | 19 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Indifferent; tolerable (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Thus, and thus again, it is neither good nor bad (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | It's fair to use the same word twice |  |  | 
          
            | … a bit meh (2-2) | The Guardian Quick | 17 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | a¦ a bit meh (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Passable, at best | LA Times Daily | 14 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Note significant other is neither good nor bad |  |  | 
          
            | Passable (Hyph-) |  |  | 
          
            | Average | The Telegraph Quick | 11 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Underwhelming | LA Times Daily | 01 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Thus duplicated, it's mediocre (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Rings up repeatedly for nothing special (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Middling | Wall Street Journal | 31 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Mediocre | The Sun Two Speed | 30 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Indifferent over after spinner on song initially | The Sun Two Speed | 30 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Mediocre repetition (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Middle-of-the-road | New York Times | 22 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Premier Sunday | 18 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Old Bob gets nothing twice being mediocre (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Average | Mirror Quick | 17 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly mediocre | Mirror Cryptic | 17 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Fair yet desperate message for nothing (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly mediocre | Mirror Cryptic | 06 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Average | Mirror Quick | 06 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Small duck seen twice not great | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Mediocre | The Sun Two Speed | 04 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Mediocre serving of miso soup | The Times Quick Cryptic | 30 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 11 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Passably average, say: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 09 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Neither good or bad (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | So repeat it and it becomes quite tolerable |  |  | 
          
            | So once again it becomes tolerable |  |  | 
          
            | Average 7? (2-2) | Mirror Quick | 29 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly mediocre | Mirror Cryptic | 29 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Rings back repeatedly for nothing special (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferent, mediocre (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre | Wall Street Journal | 18 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | ... and leave the person indifferent (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Son twice fails to finish, being middling (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Hence given a repeat though not very good (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | It's only fair to say it is thus repeated (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | OK tolerable (inf) |  |  | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill | LA Times Mini | 04 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Fair twins? (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | So again it becomes tolerable |  |  | 
          
            | Just OK | Universal | 29 May 2024 | 
          
            | Passable, middling | Mirror Classic | 29 May 2024 | 
          
            | Okay | LA Times Daily | 26 May 2024 | 
          
            | Not great | Commuter | 23 May 2024 | 
          
            | Not bad, but not great (hyph.) |  |  | 
          
            | Average appeal for help and love (2-2) | The Guardian Quiptic | 19 May 2024 | 
          
            | Hence given an encore, though not very good (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Distinctly average (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Theme of the puzzle | Newsday | 10 May 2024 | 
          
            | Not great | Commuter | 07 May 2024 | 
          
            | Nothing special | New York Times | 06 May 2024 | 
          
            | In this way therefore indifferent (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Quite average | Family Time | 29 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Twice as tolerable (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | It's only fair to show a distress signal and nothing more (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly mediocre | Mirror Cryptic | 24 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Average | Mirror Quick | 24 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 24 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Neither aood nor bad (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Only just average (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly mediocre | Mirror Cryptic | 21 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Average | Mirror Quick | 21 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | So it's twice as tolerable! |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 19 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Meh | Universal | 18 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Inspiring neither praise nor disgust | Wall Street Journal | 15 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Not so hot | Commuter | 12 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | Just okay (hyph.) |  |  | 
          
            | Meh, and a clue to this puzzle's circled letters | Wall Street Journal | 09 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | So it's repeated but please accept it as tolerable |  |  | 
          
            | Average distress call for nothing (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Average | Mirror Quick | 30 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly mediocre | Mirror Cryptic | 30 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Mediocre, informally (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing special | New York Times | 17 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Moderately good (inf) |  |  | 
          
            | Fair (hyph.) |  |  | 
          
            | OK, not bad (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Merely OK (hyph.) |  |  | 
          
            | Meh | New York Times | 07 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | So! Again you say it's tolerable? |  |  | 
          
            | Just average (2 words) | Family Time | 04 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 26 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Uninspired | New York Times | 25 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Meh | Universal | 24 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Mirror Classic | 24 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | In that case, double is only fair (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Average at best | Wall Street Journal | 20 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Tolerable way to put two bones back (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Only just OK |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre appeal for help and love (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Fair appeal leading to duck |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme ça | New York Times | 16 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 12 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Thus repeatedly mediocre | Mirror Cryptic | 10 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | Average | Mirror Quick | 10 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | It's O.K. to ring after a call for help (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | Be indifferent so it can be repeated (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Unexceptional, thus repeated |  |  | 
          
            | Average (hyph.) |  |  | 
          
            | Meh | New York Times | 31 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Mediocre (hyph.) |  |  | 
          
            | Not very good | Newsday | 22 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | So, again you think it's tolerable? |  |  | 
          
            | Fair | Thomas Joseph | 11 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 09 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Just ... all right | New York Times | 07 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Meh | LA Times Daily | 07 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | So I repeat it's only just good enough! |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre | LA Times Daily | 05 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Unexceptional | Commuter | 03 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Nothing special (Hyph) |  |  | 
          
            | Just average | Commuter | 28 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Not the worst | LA Times Daily | 24 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | So I repeat - it's neither very good nor very bad! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Deserving of 2.5/5 stars, say | Universal | 23 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Fair to middling | Commuter | 21 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Passable, at best | Universal | 18 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Neither great nor awful | USA Today | 17 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Very very ordinary |  |  | 
          
            | Tolerable; indifferent (2-2) |  |  | 
          
            | So it's twice as tolerable then? |  |  | 
          
            | So, again it's only just tolerable! (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 09 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Not very good | Newsday | 07 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Commuter | 04 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Decent | New York Times | 01 Dec 2023 | 
          
            | Appeal for help gets nothing or nothing special |  |  | 
          
            | Average distress call comes to nothing (2-2) | Puzzler Cryptic | 26 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Middling (hyph) |  |  | 
          
            | Unexceptional call for help that comes to nothing |  |  | 
          
            | Not great, but not terrible | Universal | 14 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Just average | Newsday | 13 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Fair to middling | LA Times Daily | 06 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Unremarkable | Universal | 04 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Okay with ordinary distress call being raised | The Telegraph Cryptic | 03 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Only fair | LA Times Daily | 03 Nov 2023 | 
          
            | Meh | Universal | 22 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Average | LA Times Daily | 10 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Not bad, not great | USA Today | 26 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Mediocre | The Guardian Quick | 09 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Just average | Newsday | 04 Sep 2023 | 
          
            | Worth one and a half or two stars | New York Times | 26 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Mediocre | The Telegraph Quick | 16 Aug 2023 | 
          
            | Just average: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Only OK | Newsday | 28 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Passable, at best | Universal | 23 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Unremarkable | Newsday | 07 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Middling | Premier Sunday | 02 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about | Newsday | 29 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Just average | Newsday | 20 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Mediocre | New York Times | 13 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Unremarkable | LA Times Daily | 29 May 2023 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Wall Street Journal | 25 May 2023 | 
          
            | Middling | The Telegraph Quick | 17 May 2023 | 
          
            | Mediocre | The Telegraph Quick | 16 May 2023 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 10 May 2023 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Thomas Joseph | 09 May 2023 | 
          
            | Meh | Universal | 09 May 2023 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Thomas Joseph | 01 May 2023 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 01 May 2023 | 
          
            | Average or mediocre: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | No great shakes | Newsday | 23 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about | LA Times Daily | 11 Apr 2023 | 
          
            | "Not great, could be better," say: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Meh | Universal | 23 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Just OK | USA Today | 14 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Meh | USA Today | 07 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Meh | Universal | 04 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Thomas Joseph | 03 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Meh | LA Times Daily | 01 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Mediocre | The Telegraph Quick | 01 Mar 2023 | 
          
            | Eliciting a 'meh' | Wall Street Journal | 28 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Average (2 words) | Family Time | 27 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Meh | New York Times | 08 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Meh-worthy | LA Times Daily | 31 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Meh | USA Today | 28 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 23 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Nothing special | Wall Street Journal | 14 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Shrugworthy | LA Times Daily | 08 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Pretty mediocre: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Just average | USA Today | 25 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Unremarkable | The Guardian Quick | 13 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Thomas Joseph | 01 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Really, really, unexceptional | The Guardian Cryptic | 30 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 16 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Really very indifferent | The Telegraph Cryptic | 11 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Just okay | Newsday | 10 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Just barely acceptable | Newsday | 02 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 01 Nov 2022 | 
          
            | Mediocre (2 words) | Family Time | 31 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | “Meh”-inducing | New York Times | 28 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | 'Meh'-inducing | New York Times | 28 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Lacking pizzazz | USA Today | 26 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Just average: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | OK | New York Times | 21 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Just average | USA Today | 18 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Kinda mediocre | USA Today | 09 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Passable | Universal | 06 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about | USA Today | 24 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 21 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Meh | Family Time | 19 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Just okay | USA Today | 10 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Meh | USA Today | 09 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Meh | New York Times | 09 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Nothing special | USA Today | 07 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Underwhelming | LA Times Daily | 19 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Just average: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre | Thomas Joseph | 02 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Just OK | USA Today | 30 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Unremarkable | LA Times Daily | 30 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Fair | Wall Street Journal | 21 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Not amazing | USA Today | 18 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Uninspiring | New York Times | 16 Jun 2022 | 
          
            | Fair to middling | Universal | 22 May 2022 | 
          
            | Meh | LA Times Daily | 22 May 2022 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 19 May 2022 | 
          
            | Just kinda meh | USA Today | 02 May 2022 | 
          
            | Just OK | USA Today | 21 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Fair | LA Times Daily | 20 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Fair | The Washington Post | 20 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Nothing special in clip of one of those from Trinity? Who cares! | Irish Times Crosaire | 20 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | ''Meh'' | Newsday | 17 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Not great | Newsday | 15 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Just all right | Universal | 12 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Just fair | The Washington Post | 03 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Just fair | LA Times Daily | 03 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Just OK | Premier Sunday | 03 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Passable | LA Times Daily | 02 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Passable | The Washington Post | 02 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 28 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Just okay | The Washington Post | 20 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Just okay | LA Times Daily | 20 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Just all right | USA Today | 18 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Average | Premier Sunday | 27 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Just OK | Universal | 19 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Neither very good nor very bad | Irish Times Simplex | 15 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 15 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Not bad, but not great either: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Middling | New York Times | 07 Feb 2022 | 
          
            | Middling | LA Times Daily | 12 Jan 2022 | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill | USA Today | 25 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Meh | Universal | 18 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | 35 across has lost heart - is that fair? | Irish Times Crosaire | 18 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Like C's, in some cases | LA Times Daily | 16 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Uninspired | Wall Street Journal | 16 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Meh | USA Today | 10 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill | The Washington Post Sunday | 05 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Mediocre | The Telegraph Quick | 02 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Just average | USA Today | 01 Dec 2021 | 
          
            | Just okay in two words | Family Time | 28 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Fair | LA Times Daily | 13 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 13 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Tolerable | The Telegraph Quick | 06 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | Of average quality: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Uninspiring | New York Times | 27 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Unremarkable | USA Today | 26 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Less than great | Newsday | 22 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 11 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Fair | Wall Street Journal | 18 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Nothing special | LA Times Daily | 12 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Nothing special | The Washington Post | 12 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | C-worthy; average | Family Time | 12 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Not bad, but not great | Wall Street Journal | 18 Aug 2021 | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about | New York Times | 30 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Meh | Universal | 16 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Not bad, not great | USA Today | 03 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Appeal for help by old pedestrian | The Telegraph Cryptic | 29 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Just O.K.: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Pretty meh | USA Today | 07 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Unexceptional | Wall Street Journal | 05 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Passably average: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Merely OK | Premier Sunday | 16 May 2021 | 
          
            | Just kinda average | USA Today | 06 May 2021 | 
          
            | Passable | Universal | 28 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Only OK | Premier Sunday | 25 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Unremarkable | USA Today | 21 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Middling | Universal | 21 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Not great | Newsday | 18 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Average | Family Time | 18 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Meh | USA Today | 10 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Just okay | LA Times Daily | 07 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Just okay | The Washington Post | 07 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Newsday | 05 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Nothing special | New York Times | 04 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Premier Sunday | 28 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Thomas Joseph | 22 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Fair | LA Times Daily | 21 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Fair | The Washington Post | 21 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Not very good | Newsday | 17 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Nothing special | Newsday | 16 Feb 2021 | 
          
            | Indifferent over after spinner on song initially | The Sun Two Speed | 31 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Mediocre | The Sun Two Speed | 31 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Eugene Sheffer | 28 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad | The Washington Post Sunday | 10 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | C-worthy | New York Times | 09 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Mediocre or average: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling | Newsday | 28 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Just OK | New York Times | 17 Dec 2020 | 
          
            | Just average: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill | USA Today | 24 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Passable, middling | Irish Times Simplex | 18 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Neither amazing nor awful | Universal | 13 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Newsday | 02 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Nothing special in clip of one of those from Trinity? Who cares! | Irish Times Crosaire | 24 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Evoking a “meh,” perhaps | Wall Street Journal | 22 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Meh | Universal | 19 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Meh | New York Times | 07 Oct 2020 | 
          
            | Average, at best: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Meh | Wall Street Journal | 16 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Just passable | The Washington Post | 15 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Just passable | LA Times Daily | 15 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Universal | 09 Sep 2020 | 
          
            | Middling | LA Times Daily | 30 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Middling | The Washington Post | 30 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Mediocre | USA Today | 26 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | All right | New York Times | 23 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | "Meh" | LA Times Daily | 07 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | 'Meh' | The Washington Post | 07 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Just OK | USA Today | 05 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Like a fair play? | Universal | 22 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Not particularly good or bad | USA Today | 18 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Fair | Wall Street Journal | 15 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Okay | LA Times Daily | 27 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Okay | The Washington Post | 27 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Mediocre | The Washington Post | 18 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Mediocre | LA Times Daily | 18 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | In the end, it's ordinary and very meh! | The Telegraph Toughie | 10 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about | Universal | 22 May 2020 | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about | USA Today | 16 May 2020 | 
          
            | Meh | LA Times Daily | 10 May 2020 | 
          
            | Meh | The Washington Post | 10 May 2020 | 
          
            | Barely worth mentioning | The Washington Post | 03 May 2020 | 
          
            | Barely worth mentioning | LA Times Daily | 03 May 2020 | 
          
            | Just average | USA Today | 28 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill | Universal | 27 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Unexceptional | USA Today | 08 Apr 2020 | 
          
            | Just OK | Universal | 27 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | What a hand rocked back and forth might mean | Universal | 26 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Of average quality: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Not terrible, but not great | Wall Street Journal | 09 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Not great, not terrible | USA Today | 29 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | 'Meh'-worthy | USA Today | 27 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling | The Washington Post | 25 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Mediocre, or just all right: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Just OK | Premier Sunday | 16 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Half and half | Canadiana | 27 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about | New York Times | 28 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Very, very unremarkable | The Telegraph Cryptic | 15 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | ''Meh!'' | Newsday | 15 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Ho-hum | Premier Sunday | 01 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Just fair | Universal | 13 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Mediocre or average: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Only average | The Times Concise | 11 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Not too good | Newsday | 11 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Just okay | The Washington Post Sunday | 03 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Fair | The Washington Post Sunday | 27 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Passable | Premier Sunday | 06 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | OK but not great | Family Time | 25 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Mediocre | The New Yorker | 19 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Nothing special | Universal | 19 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Worth a C, maybe | USA Today | 17 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Mediocre | The Telegraph Quick | 13 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Just average | Family Time | 12 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Just average: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Just all right | The Washington Post | 11 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Just all right | LA Times Daily | 11 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling | USA Today | 11 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Okay, but not great | Jonesin | 09 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Mediocre | New York Times | 02 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | No great shakes | USA Today | 14 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | 'Eh' | USA Today | 12 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | C-worthy | Universal | 09 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Middling | Premier Sunday | 12 May 2019 | 
          
            | Average | New York Times | 11 May 2019 | 
          
            | Just okay | Newsday | 07 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Mediocre | Wall Street Journal | 25 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad | Newsday | 26 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Ho-hum | The Washington Post | 12 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Ho-hum | LA Times Daily | 12 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Middling | Wall Street Journal | 30 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Nothing mind-blowing | The Washington Post Sunday | 20 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | Meh |  |  | 
          
            | C-worthy |  |  | 
          
            | Ho-hum |  |  | 
          
            | Just OK |  |  | 
          
            | Not that great | USA Today | 01 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | "Eh" |  |  | 
          
            | Meh |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Meh |  |  | 
          
            | Worth a C, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | C-worthy |  |  | 
          
            | Just all right |  |  | 
          
            | Just average |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | No great shakes |  |  | 
          
            | Average |  |  | 
          
            | Not that great |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | "Could be worse" | Universal | 30 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Middling | Newsday | 25 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | 'Not bad, not great' | The Washington Post | 20 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | "Not bad, not great" | LA Times Daily | 20 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Eliciting a shrug, perhaps | USA Today | 01 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Fair | Thomas Joseph | 27 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Between ''good'' and ''no good'' | Newsday | 11 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Just adequate | Wall Street Journal | 09 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Of middling quality | The Times Concise | 28 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Not wonderful, but not woeful | USA Today | 13 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Meh | The New Yorker | 13 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | About a C | Universal | 08 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Rating a C | Universal | 10 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Only okay | Wall Street Journal | 05 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | "Kinda good" | Universal | 03 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Just fine | New York Times | 29 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | "Could be better" | LA Times Daily | 29 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | 'Could be better' | The Washington Post | 29 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Just all right | Premier Sunday | 24 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Unremarkable | Wall Street Journal | 13 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Thus, very unremarkable | The Telegraph Toughie | 12 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Fair-to-middlin' | USA Today | 16 May 2018 | 
          
            | Just average | Newsday | 30 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Tolerable | The Telegraph Quick | 16 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Not good or bad | Universal | 18 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Worth a C+ | Universal | 08 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Indifferent | The Telegraph Quick | 02 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Minimally acceptable | Newsday | 15 Feb 2018 | 
          
            | Just OK: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Worth a C, perhaps | USA Today | 25 Jan 2018 | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | "Could be better" |  |  | 
          
            | Only okay |  |  | 
          
            | Unremarkable |  |  | 
          
            | Just fine |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing special |  |  | 
          
            | Just adequate |  |  | 
          
            | About a C |  |  | 
          
            | Rating a C |  |  | 
          
            | Worth a C, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Not wonderful, but not woeful |  |  | 
          
            | "Kinda good" |  |  | 
          
            | Not great, not terrible |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middlin' |  |  | 
          
            | Fair |  |  | 
          
            | "Not bad, not great" |  |  | 
          
            | "Meh" |  |  | 
          
            | "Could be worse" |  |  | 
          
            | Eliciting a shrug, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about | LA Times Daily | 31 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about | The Washington Post | 31 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Not great | USA Today | 29 Dec 2017 | 
          
            | Not good, but not bad either: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre, or just all right: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | The start of something big coming to nothing is tolerable | The Telegraph Toughie | 11 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Fair | New York Times | 29 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Middlin' | New York Times | 28 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill | The Washington Post | 27 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill | LA Times Daily | 27 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Meh | Jonesin | 19 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Like average grades | Family Time | 18 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Just average | Universal | 10 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme ça | New York Times | 06 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling | LA Times Daily | 06 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | 'Meh' | Jonesin | 05 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Middling | New York Times | 27 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Just mediocre: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Eliciting an "eh" | USA Today | 09 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Of average quality | The Times Concise | 04 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad | New York Times | 25 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Just fair | USA Today | 21 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Neither particularly good nor particularly bad | Wall Street Journal | 17 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Just O.K.: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Merely average: Hyph. |  |  | 
          
            | Acceptable | The Washington Post | 10 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Acceptable | LA Times Daily | 10 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | "Eh" or "meh" | Universal | 07 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Just okay | USA Today | 02 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Quite average | Universal | 13 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Middlin' | Universal | 03 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Just okay |  |  | 
          
            | Not great |  |  | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill |  |  | 
          
            | Just fair |  |  | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad |  |  | 
          
            | Quite average |  |  | 
          
            | Middlin' |  |  | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme ça |  |  | 
          
            | Fair |  |  | 
          
            | Just okay |  |  | 
          
            | Acceptable |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Eliciting an "eh" |  |  | 
          
            | Neither terrible nor terrific | Wall Street Journal | 19 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Not good, but not bad | USA Today | 03 Dec 2016 | 
          
            | Lackluster | Newsday | 21 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Middling | Thomas Joseph | 12 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | "Eh" | Universal | 12 Oct 2016 | 
          
            | Average nameless boys | The Times Cryptic | 29 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | It's okay to help with order | Irish Times Crosaire | 24 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | No great shakes | Newsday | 17 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Indifferent | Newsday | 30 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Only fair | LA Times Daily | 20 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Okay, call for help -- ring! | The Telegraph Cryptic | 20 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Just meh | Jonesin | 19 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Passable | Newsday | 17 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Fair to middling | Family Time | 06 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Nothing special | The Washington Post | 01 Jun 2016 | 
          
            | Just all right | New York Times | 30 May 2016 | 
          
            | Very very fair | The Telegraph Cryptic | 09 May 2016 | 
          
            | Cooperative leaders? | New York Times | 08 May 2016 | 
          
            | Average | LA Times Daily | 28 Apr 2016 | 
          
            | "Meh" | USA Today | 26 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Not great but not terrible | Wall Street Journal | 26 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about | Wall Street Journal | 18 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | About average | The Guardian Quick | 16 Feb 2016 | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad | The Times Concise | 12 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Only fair |  |  | 
          
            | Like average grades |  |  | 
          
            | Fair |  |  | 
          
            | Just all right |  |  | 
          
            | Okay |  |  | 
          
            | "Nothing special" | LA Times Daily | 31 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Just O.K | New York Times | 28 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | O.K | New York Times | 03 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | "Comme ci, comme ca" | USA Today | 20 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Not especially good or bad | Wall Street Journal | 16 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Like average grades | Universal | 22 Oct 2015 | 
          
            | Neither very good nor very bad | Irish Times Simplex | 28 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Just OK | Newsday | 13 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Nothing special | USA Today | 01 Sep 2015 | 
          
            | Less than great | Newsday | 21 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Average | Eugene Sheffer | 19 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Medium | New York Times | 02 Aug 2015 | 
          
            | Not that great | New York Times | 10 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Fair to middling | LA Times Daily | 11 May 2015 | 
          
            | Just fair | LA Times Daily | 23 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Less than stellar | Newsday | 13 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | "Nothing to write home about" | USA Today | 04 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Extremely | Newsday | 17 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Merely OK |  |  | 
          
            | Lackluster |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | Of moderate quality |  |  | 
          
            | "Eh" |  |  | 
          
            | "Nothing special" |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middling |  |  | 
          
            | Just fair |  |  | 
          
            | Just adequate |  |  | 
          
            | Extremely |  |  | 
          
            | Just OK |  |  | 
          
            | Just adequate |  |  | 
          
            | Just average |  |  | 
          
            | Less than great |  |  | 
          
            | Less than stellar |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | No great shakes |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing special |  |  | 
          
            | Not especially good or bad |  |  | 
          
            | Worthy of a "meh" |  |  | 
          
            | Eliciting a "meh" |  |  | 
          
            | At C level |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing special |  |  | 
          
            | "Nothing to write home about" |  |  | 
          
            | "Comme ci, comme ca" |  |  | 
          
            | "Meh" |  |  | 
          
            | Just O.K. |  |  | 
          
            | Medium |  |  | 
          
            | Not that great |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing special |  |  | 
          
            | O.K. |  |  | 
          
            | Ho-hum |  |  | 
          
            | Not great |  |  | 
          
            | Not very good |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme ça |  |  | 
          
            | "Eh" |  |  | 
          
            | "Meh" |  |  | 
          
            | Far from fantastic |  |  | 
          
            | Iffy |  |  | 
          
            | Underwhelming |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | Not too hot |  |  | 
          
            | Neither great nor awful |  |  | 
          
            | Better than awful |  |  | 
          
            | Between great and terrible |  |  | 
          
            | Middlin' |  |  | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad |  |  | 
          
            | Not good, but not bad |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to brag about |  |  | 
          
            | Rating two stars, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Unremarkable |  |  | 
          
            | All right |  |  | 
          
            | Passable, barely |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad |  |  | 
          
            | Ho-hum |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about |  |  | 
          
            | C-worthy? |  |  | 
          
            | Garnering a "meh," say |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Garden-variety |  |  | 
          
            | Not great, but not terrible either |  |  | 
          
            | Just okay |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad, not good |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad, not good |  |  | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill |  |  | 
          
            | Not that great |  |  | 
          
            | "Meh" |  |  | 
          
            | "Meh"-inducing |  |  | 
          
            | Not great, not horrible |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about (Hyph.) |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad |  |  | 
          
            | Just OK |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling |  |  | 
          
            | Just fair |  |  | 
          
            | Just passable |  |  | 
          
            | Lackluster |  |  | 
          
            | Meh |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | Between great and horrible |  |  | 
          
            | Not great, not horrible |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | "I've been better" |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling |  |  | 
          
            | Average |  |  | 
          
            | Not too good |  |  | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill |  |  | 
          
            | Far from exciting |  |  | 
          
            | Meh |  |  | 
          
            | Just adequate |  |  | 
          
            | Ho-hum |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about |  |  | 
          
            | Only fair, or an alternative title for this puzzle? |  |  | 
          
            | Not that spectacular |  |  | 
          
            | "Nothing to write home about" |  |  | 
          
            | Passable, but that's it |  |  | 
          
            | Only average |  |  | 
          
            | Not great, but not awful either |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middling |  |  | 
          
            | "OK, I guess" |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad, not good |  |  | 
          
            | Just tolerable |  |  | 
          
            | Passable |  |  | 
          
            | Passable |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling |  |  | 
          
            | No so great |  |  | 
          
            | Just okay |  |  | 
          
            | Just okay |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme ça |  |  | 
          
            | Just average |  |  | 
          
            | Lacking pizazz |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing special |  |  | 
          
            | Not too hot |  |  | 
          
            | Barely adequate, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing special |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferent |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing special |  |  | 
          
            | Not too hot |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | Moderately good |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme ça |  |  | 
          
            | Not so hot |  |  | 
          
            | No great shakes |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to brag about |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to brag about |  |  | 
          
            | Ho-hum |  |  | 
          
            | Not great |  |  | 
          
            | Only average |  |  | 
          
            | Evoking a "meh" |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad, not good |  |  | 
          
            | Just OK |  |  | 
          
            | Unremarkable |  |  | 
          
            | "OK, I guess" |  |  | 
          
            | Unexceptional |  |  | 
          
            | Not great or awful |  |  | 
          
            | Only OK |  |  | 
          
            | Just passing |  |  | 
          
            | Only average |  |  | 
          
            | Not great, but not awful either |  |  | 
          
            | Lackluster |  |  | 
          
            | Neither terrible nor great |  |  | 
          
            | Just OK |  |  | 
          
            | Average |  |  | 
          
            | Only OK |  |  | 
          
            | Garden-variety |  |  | 
          
            | Not great |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middling |  |  | 
          
            | Not so hot |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to get excited about |  |  | 
          
            | Eliciting a shrug, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling |  |  | 
          
            | Average |  |  | 
          
            | Eh |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Only okay |  |  | 
          
            | Not great |  |  | 
          
            | Average |  |  | 
          
            | Average |  |  | 
          
            | Average |  |  | 
          
            | Fair |  |  | 
          
            | Only okay |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middlin' |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing special |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to get excited about |  |  | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad |  |  | 
          
            | Like a grade of C |  |  | 
          
            | Not that hot |  |  | 
          
            | Meriting a C |  |  | 
          
            | Lukewarm |  |  | 
          
            | Lacking pizazz |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Not great, not terrible |  |  | 
          
            | Passable |  |  | 
          
            | Blah |  |  | 
          
            | "I've been better" |  |  | 
          
            | Not so hot |  |  | 
          
            | Like a grade of C |  |  | 
          
            | Like a .250 batting average |  |  | 
          
            | Undistinguished |  |  | 
          
            | Okay but not great |  |  | 
          
            | Describing 22-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Mezza-mezza |  |  | 
          
            | Only fair |  |  | 
          
            | Unexceptional |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferent |  |  | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middlin' |  |  | 
          
            | No great shakes |  |  | 
          
            | Pedestrian |  |  | 
          
            | Worth a C |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middlin' |  |  | 
          
            | No great shakes |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad |  |  | 
          
            | Garden-variety |  |  | 
          
            | Lackluster |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about |  |  | 
          
            | Tolerable |  |  | 
          
            | Fair |  |  | 
          
            | Just ok |  |  | 
          
            | Just average |  |  | 
          
            | Just okay |  |  | 
          
            | Leaving something to be desired |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad |  |  | 
          
            | No great shakes |  |  | 
          
            | Worth a C, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Not that great |  |  | 
          
            | Just passable |  |  | 
          
            | Passable |  |  | 
          
            | Hardly thrilling |  |  | 
          
            | Could be better |  |  | 
          
            | Not good, not bad |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middling |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middlin' |  |  | 
          
            | Just tolerable |  |  | 
          
            | Not good, not bad |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middling |  |  | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad |  |  | 
          
            | Ordinary |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing special |  |  | 
          
            | Leaving something to be desired |  |  | 
          
            | Hardly thrilling |  |  | 
          
            | Passable |  |  | 
          
            | Unexceptional |  |  | 
          
            | Not too great |  |  | 
          
            | Just passing |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middling |  |  | 
          
            | Neither great nor terrible |  |  | 
          
            | Middlin' |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middling |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferently |  |  | 
          
            | Just passable |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to mlddling |  |  | 
          
            | Average |  |  | 
          
            | Average |  |  | 
          
            | Not great, not terrible |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad |  |  | 
          
            | Not outstanding |  |  | 
          
            | Worth a C |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme ca |  |  | 
          
            | Only O.K. |  |  | 
          
            | Okay, sort of |  |  | 
          
            | Garden-variety |  |  | 
          
            | Passable |  |  | 
          
            | Not great, not terrible |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middling |  |  | 
          
            | No great shakes |  |  | 
          
            | "Eh" |  |  | 
          
            | Ho-hum |  |  | 
          
            | Just okay |  |  | 
          
            | Ordinary |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Fair |  |  | 
          
            | Fair |  |  | 
          
            | Hardly thrilling |  |  | 
          
            | "Eh" |  |  | 
          
            | Just okay |  |  | 
          
            | Shrug-eliciting, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing special |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferent |  |  | 
          
            | C-worthy |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad |  |  | 
          
            | Tolerable |  |  | 
          
            | Just fair |  |  | 
          
            | Tolerable |  |  | 
          
            | Neither good nor bad |  |  | 
          
            | Ho-hum |  |  | 
          
            | Fair |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | "Eh" |  |  | 
          
            | Neither great nor awful |  |  | 
          
            | Worth a C, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Not inspiring |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Like something that "could be worse" |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to write home about |  |  | 
          
            | Not too hot |  |  | 
          
            | Only fair |  |  | 
          
            | Okay |  |  | 
          
            | Average |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme ça |  |  | 
          
            | Two-star, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Passable |  |  | 
          
            | Garden variety |  |  | 
          
            | Just okay |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Fair |  |  | 
          
            | Worth a C, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | No great shakes |  |  | 
          
            | Not so hot |  |  | 
          
            | Far from wonderful |  |  | 
          
            | Just OK |  |  | 
          
            | "Comme ci, comme ça" |  |  | 
          
            | Fair |  |  | 
          
            | Garden variety |  |  | 
          
            | Passable |  |  | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill |  |  | 
          
            | Garden variety |  |  | 
          
            | Worth a C, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Sort of in between |  |  | 
          
            | Not inspiring |  |  | 
          
            | Fair |  |  | 
          
            | Unimpressive |  |  | 
          
            | Unremarkable |  |  | 
          
            | Okay |  |  | 
          
            | Unexciting |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middling |  |  | 
          
            | "Comme si, comme ça" |  |  | 
          
            | Unexciting |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferent |  |  | 
          
            | Pair to middling |  |  | 
          
            | Passably |  |  | 
          
            | Worth a C, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | Not great |  |  | 
          
            | Adequate |  |  | 
          
            | No great shakes |  |  | 
          
            | Not good, but not bad |  |  | 
          
            | C-worthy? |  |  | 
          
            | Deserving a C |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme ca |  |  | 
          
            | Passable, but that's it |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad |  |  | 
          
            | Worthy of a C, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Eliciting a shrug, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferent |  |  | 
          
            | Rating two stars, perhaps |  |  | 
          
            | Tolerable |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | "Comme ci, comme ça" |  |  | 
          
            | Passable |  |  | 
          
            | Just fair |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | About a 5 |  |  | 
          
            | Just okay^SOS |  |  | 
          
            | Mezza-mezza |  |  | 
          
            | Tolerably |  |  | 
          
            | Not great or awful |  |  | 
          
            | Middling |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferent |  |  | 
          
            | Below average |  |  | 
          
            | Medium |  |  | 
          
            | Neither great nor terrible |  |  | 
          
            | Okay but not great |  |  | 
          
            | Two-star |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre |  |  | 
          
            | "Could be better" |  |  | 
          
            | Not too hot |  |  | 
          
            | "Could be worse" |  |  | 
          
            | Tolerable |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad |  |  | 
          
            | Not too shabby |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme ca |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middlin' |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middlin' |  |  | 
          
            | Not great |  |  | 
          
            | Just okay |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci  comme ca |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middlin' |  |  | 
          
            | Tolerably |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferent |  |  | 
          
            | Not too badly |  |  | 
          
            | Tolerable |  |  | 
          
            | Adequate |  |  | 
          
            | Ho-hum |  |  | 
          
            | Not so hot |  |  | 
          
            | Ordinary |  |  | 
          
            | Just average |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferent |  |  | 
          
            | Passing fair |  |  | 
          
            | No great shakes |  |  | 
          
            | Just average |  |  | 
          
            | Sandy's sound |  |  | 
          
            | Just fair |  |  | 
          
            | B-minus |  |  | 
          
            | Barely passable |  |  | 
          
            | Not too bad |  |  | 
          
            | Stalin's Georgian nickname |  |  | 
          
            | Pedestrian |  |  | 
          
            | Lukewarm |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferently |  |  | 
          
            | Merely O.K. |  |  | 
          
            | Run-of-the-mill |  |  | 
          
            | Adjective for a .250 hitter |  |  | 
          
            | Like a C average |  |  | 
          
            | Not good, not bad |  |  | 
          
            | Not bad, but not good |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middlin' |  |  | 
          
            | Tolerably |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme sa |  |  | 
          
            | Meh |  |  | 
          
            | Tolerable. |  |  | 
          
            | Passably. |  |  | 
          
            | Just passably. |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme ça. |  |  | 
          
            | Not very good. |  |  | 
          
            | Average. |  |  | 
          
            | See 45 Down. |  |  | 
          
            | Just fair. |  |  | 
          
            | Fair. |  |  | 
          
            | Fair to middling. |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferently. |  |  | 
          
            | Tolerably. |  |  | 
          
            | Only fair. |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing spectacular. |  |  | 
          
            | Not good, not bad. |  |  | 
          
            | Comme ci, comme ça! |  |  | 
          
            | Fairish. |  |  | 
          
            | Passable: Colloq. |  |  | 
          
            | No great shakes. |  |  | 
          
            | Not good; not bad. |  |  | 
          
            | Indifferent. |  |  | 
          
            | Comme çi, comme ça. |  |  | 
          
            | Nothing to brag about. |  |  | 
          
            | Of middling quality. |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middling. |  |  | 
          
            | Not terrible, but not great either |  |  | 
          
            | Just tolerably. |  |  | 
          
            | Fair-to-middlin'. |  |  | 
          
            | Ordinary. |  |  | 
          
            | Comme-ci, comme-ca. |  |  | 
          
            | Rather poor. |  |  | 
          
            | Passable. |  |  | 
          
            | Mediocre. |  |  | 
          
            | Middling. |  |  | 
          
            | Just ... meh |  |  | 
          
            | "Meh" |  |  |