| Nothing to write home about |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2026 |
| Average (2-2) |
Mirror Quick |
23 Aug 2026 |
| Thus repeatedly mediocre (2-2) |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Aug 2026 |
| Pedestrian's shoe oddly small and ordinary |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Aug 2026 |
| "Not great, could be better," say: Hyph. |
|
|
| Just okay |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2026 |
| Middling (2-2) |
Mirror Quick |
22 Jul 2026 |
| Thus repeatedly average (2-2) |
Mirror Cryptic |
22 Jul 2026 |
| Meh |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2026 |
| For starters, serving of salad onions is acceptable (2-2) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
18 Jul 2026 |
| Neither good nor bad |
Universal |
18 Jul 2026 |
| Not great |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2026 |
| Just adequate |
Newsday |
14 Jul 2026 |
| Nothing to write home about |
Universal |
04 Jul 2026 |
| Not great, not terrible |
The New Yorker Mini |
02 Jul 2026 |
| Not great |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2026 |
| Very, very meh! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Jun 2026 |
| Passable (2-2) |
The Sun Mini |
16 Jun 2026 |
| Passable |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Jun 2026 |
| Nothing to write home about |
New York Times Midi |
03 Jun 2026 |
| Average (2-2) |
Mirror Quick |
30 May 2026 |
| Thus repeatedly mediocre (2-2) |
Mirror Cryptic |
30 May 2026 |
| Mediocre |
Commuter |
28 May 2026 |
| Just average |
Newsday |
19 May 2026 |
| Not bad, not great |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2026 |
| Middling |
Premier Sunday |
17 May 2026 |
| Mediocre |
USA Today |
14 May 2026 |
| Neither great nor that bad (2-2) |
Puzzler |
09 May 2026 |
| Nothing to write home about |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2026 |
| Middling |
Universal |
05 May 2026 |
| Indifferent |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
05 May 2026 |
| Only OK |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2026 |
| Mediocre |
Commuter |
01 May 2026 |
| Meh |
Universal |
29 Apr 2026 |
| Neither great nor that bad (2-2) |
The Sun Mini |
13 Apr 2026 |
| Average |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2026 |
| Meh |
New York Times |
01 Apr 2026 |
| Middling, not bad |
The Times Concise |
27 Mar 2026 |
| "Not great, could be better," say: Hyph. |
|
|
| Average (2-2) |
Mirror Quick |
11 Mar 2026 |
| Thus repeatedly average (2-2) |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Mar 2026 |
| Just all right |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2026 |
| Meh |
Universal |
28 Feb 2026 |
| Unremarkable |
Newsday |
27 Feb 2026 |
| Mediocre (2-2) |
Mirror Classic |
12 Feb 2026 |
| Mediocre |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Feb 2026 |
| Cry for help next to old fair (2-2) |
The Sun Two Speed |
02 Feb 2026 |
| Just OK |
Universal |
30 Jan 2026 |
| Therefore very mediocre (2-2) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Jan 2026 |
| Like something that's only meh |
USA Today |
23 Jan 2026 |
| Mediocre |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Jan 2026 |
| Not bad, but not great (hyph.) |
|
|
| Thus repeatedly mediocre (2-2) |
Mirror Cryptic |
14 Jan 2026 |
| Average (2-2) |
Mirror Quick |
14 Jan 2026 |
| Meh |
Universal |
13 Jan 2026 |
| Not bad, but not great either: Hyph. |
|
|
| Nothing special |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2026 |
| Mediocre |
Commuter |
02 Jan 2026 |
| Middling |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
29 Dec 2025 |
| Not great |
Commuter |
27 Dec 2025 |
| Mediocre |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Dec 2025 |
| Not that great |
Universal |
25 Dec 2025 |
| Thus repeatedly mediocre (2-2) |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 Dec 2025 |
| Average (2-2) |
Mirror Quick |
24 Dec 2025 |
| Mediocre |
Universal |
21 Dec 2025 |
| Shrugworthy |
LA Times Daily |
20 Dec 2025 |
| Passable (2-2) |
Puzzler |
11 Dec 2025 |
| Mediocre |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Dec 2025 |
| Unexceptional (2-2) |
Mirror Quick |
06 Dec 2025 |
| Thus repeatedly average (2-2) |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Dec 2025 |
| Tolerable |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Nov 2025 |
| Just adequate |
Newsday |
24 Nov 2025 |
| Not bad, not good |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Nov 2025 |
| Fair |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Nov 2025 |
| Not great, not bad |
Commuter |
03 Nov 2025 |
| Mediocre |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Nov 2025 |
| 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 |
| Neither great nor terrible |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Help! Operetta's overture neither good nor bad |
|
|
| Just adequate |
Newsday |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Not terrible, not great |
|
|
| Average standing order - and another (2,2) |
|
|
| We need help with nothing ordinary |
|
|
| Mediocre |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2025 |
| Unexceptional rascal, and playing truant |
The Times Cryptic |
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 |
| OK-ish |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Fine, but not great |
USA Today |
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) |
|
|
| Average |
Mirror Quick |
17 May 2025 |
| Thus repeatedly mediocre |
Mirror Cryptic |
17 May 2025 |
| Average |
Mirror Quick |
10 May 2025 |
| Thus repeatedly average |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 May 2025 |
| Help! Nothing is tolerable! |
|
|
| Average |
Mirror Quick |
04 May 2025 |
| Thus repeatedly mediocre |
Mirror Cryptic |
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 |
| Thus, again, is mediocre(2-2) |
|
|
| Such repetition is fair (2-2) |
|
|
| Thus extremely average (2-2) |
|
|
| Just adequate |
Newsday |
06 Apr 2025 |
| Mediocre |
Commuter |
04 Apr 2025 |
| Middling |
Universal |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Just adequate |
Newsday |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Meh-worthy |
LA Times Daily |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Just all right |
Universal |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Really, really average! (2-2) |
|
|
| Just average |
Newsday |
23 Mar 2025 |
| 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 |
| Not bad but not good |
Universal |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Just adequate |
Newsday |
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) |
|
|
| Nothing special |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Just average (2 words) |
Family Time |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Unexceptional |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Feb 2025 |
| Extremely |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2025 |
| It's only fair to duplicate a note (2-2) |
|
|
| 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.) |
|
|
| Only moderately good well (2-2) |
|
|
| Mediocre |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Dec 2024 |
| 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 |
|
|
| Mediocre |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Small duck seen twice not fantastic |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Dec 2024 |
| No great shakes |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2024 |
| Average |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Nov 2024 |
| Mayday is nothing, all right? (2-2) |
|
|
| Just OK |
Universal |
16 Nov 2024 |
| So - I repeat - it's just tolerable! |
|
|
| Very, very meh! |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Appeal for help and love just about acceptable? |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Indifferent note duplicated (2-2) |
|
|
| Mediocre |
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) |
|
|
| Mediocre |
Mirror Quick |
19 Oct 2024 |
| Thus repeatedly average |
Mirror Cryptic |
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) |
|
|
| A fair bit of stuttering? (2- 2) |
|
|
| OK, help me, love (2-2) |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme Aa |
|
|
| Fair |
New York Times |
25 Sep 2024 |
| "Not great, could be better," say: Hyph. |
|
|
| It is thus repeatedly neither good nor bad (2-2) |
|
|
| It's tolerable so repeat it |
|
|
| Mediocre |
Mirror Classic |
19 Sep 2024 |
| Thus, and thus again, it is neither good nor bad (2-2) |
|
|
| Indifferent; tolerable (2-2) |
|
|
| … a bit meh (2-2) |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Sep 2024 |
| It's fair to use the same word twice |
|
|
| a¦ a bit meh (2-2) |
|
|
| Passable, at best |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Passable (Hyph-) |
|
|
| Note significant other is neither good nor bad |
|
|
| 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 |
| Indifferent over after spinner on song initially |
The Sun Two Speed |
30 Aug 2024 |
| Mediocre |
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) |
|
|
| Average |
Mirror Quick |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Thus repeatedly mediocre |
Mirror Cryptic |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Mediocre |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Small duck seen twice not great |
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 |
| Son twice fails to finish, being middling (2-2) |
|
|
| ... and leave the person indifferent (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 |
|
|
| Passable, middling |
Mirror Classic |
29 May 2024 |
| Just OK |
Universal |
29 May 2024 |
| Okay |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2024 |
| Not great |
Commuter |
23 May 2024 |
| Average appeal for help and love (2-2) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
19 May 2024 |
| Hence given an encore, though not very good (2-2) |
|
|
| Theme of the puzzle |
Newsday |
10 May 2024 |
| Distinctly average (2-2) |
|
|
| 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) |
|
|
| Average |
Mirror Quick |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Mediocre |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Thus repeatedly mediocre |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Neither aood nor bad (2-2) |
|
|
| Only just average (2-2) |
|
|
| Average |
Mirror Quick |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Thus repeatedly mediocre |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Mediocre |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Apr 2024 |
| So it's twice as tolerable! |
|
|
| 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 |
| Mediocre |
Mirror Classic |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Meh |
Universal |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Average at best |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2024 |
| In that case, double is only fair (2-2) |
|
|
| Mediocre appeal for help and love (2-2) |
|
|
| Only just OK |
|
|
| Fair appeal leading to duck |
|
|
| Tolerable way to put two bones back (2-2) |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme ça |
New York Times |
16 Feb 2024 |
| Just adequate |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2024 |
| It's O.K. to ring after a call for help (2-2) |
|
|
| Average |
Mirror Quick |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Thus repeatedly mediocre |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Feb 2024 |
| Be indifferent so it can be repeated (4) |
|
|
| Unexceptional, thus repeated |
|
|
| Average (hyph.) |
|
|
| Mediocre (hyph.) |
|
|
| Meh |
New York Times |
31 Jan 2024 |
| 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 |
| So I repeat - it's neither very good nor very bad! (4) |
|
|
| Not the worst |
LA Times Daily |
24 Dec 2023 |
| 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 |
| Only fair |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2023 |
| Okay with ordinary distress call being raised |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
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 |
| Meh |
Universal |
09 May 2023 |
| Mediocre |
Thomas Joseph |
09 May 2023 |
| Just adequate |
Newsday |
01 May 2023 |
| Mediocre |
Thomas Joseph |
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 |
| Mediocre |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Mar 2023 |
| Meh |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
|
|
| Nothing special in clip of one of those from Trinity? Who cares! |
|
|
| Fair |
LA Times Daily |
20 Apr 2022 |
| ''Meh'' |
Newsday |
17 Apr 2022 |
| Not great |
Newsday |
15 Apr 2022 |
| Just all right |
Universal |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Just fair |
|
|
| Just OK |
Premier Sunday |
03 Apr 2022 |
| Just fair |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2022 |
| Passable |
|
|
| Passable |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2022 |
| Mediocre |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Just okay |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Just okay |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
| 35 across has lost heart - is that fair? |
|
|
| Meh |
Universal |
18 Dec 2021 |
| Uninspired |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Dec 2021 |
| Like C's, in some cases |
LA Times Daily |
16 Dec 2021 |
| Meh |
USA Today |
10 Dec 2021 |
| Run-of-the-mill |
|
|
| Mediocre |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Dec 2021 |
| Just average |
USA Today |
01 Dec 2021 |
| Just okay in two words |
Family Time |
28 Nov 2021 |
| Mediocre |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Nov 2021 |
| Fair |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
| C-worthy; average |
Family Time |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Nothing special |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2021 |
| Nothing special |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Just okay |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
|
|
| Not very good |
Newsday |
17 Feb 2021 |
| Nothing special |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2021 |
| Mediocre |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Indifferent over after spinner on song initially |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Mediocre |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Neither good nor bad |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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! |
|
|
| 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 |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2020 |
| Just passable |
|
|
| Mediocre |
Universal |
09 Sep 2020 |
| Middling |
|
|
| Middling |
LA Times Daily |
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' |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Mediocre |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jun 2020 |
| Mediocre |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Barely worth mentioning |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Mediocre, or just all right: Hyph. |
|
|
| Just OK |
Premier Sunday |
16 Feb 2020 |
| Half and half |
|
|
| Nothing to write home about |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2019 |
| ''Meh!'' |
Newsday |
15 Dec 2019 |
| Very, very unremarkable |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Dec 2019 |
| Ho-hum |
Premier Sunday |
01 Dec 2019 |
| Just fair |
Universal |
13 Nov 2019 |
| Mediocre or average: Hyph. |
|
|
| Not too good |
Newsday |
11 Nov 2019 |
| Only average |
The Times Concise |
11 Nov 2019 |
| Just okay |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Passable |
Premier Sunday |
06 Oct 2019 |
| OK but not great |
Family Time |
25 Aug 2019 |
| Mediocre |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Just all right |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jul 2019 |
| Fair-to-middling |
USA Today |
11 Jul 2019 |
| Okay, but not great |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| Ho-hum |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2019 |
| Middling |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2019 |
| Nothing mind-blowing |
|
|
| Not that great |
|
|
| Average |
|
|
| C-worthy |
|
|
| C-worthy |
|
|
| No great shakes |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| Worth a C, maybe |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| Ho-hum |
|
|
| Just all right |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| Meh |
|
|
| Just average |
|
|
| Meh |
|
|
| Fair-to-middling |
|
|
| "Eh" |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| Not that great |
USA Today |
01 Jan 2019 |
| Meh |
|
|
| Just OK |
|
|
| Fair-to-middling: Hyph. |
|
|
| "Could be worse" |
Universal |
30 Dec 2018 |
| Middling |
Newsday |
25 Nov 2018 |
| 'Not bad, not great' |
|
|
| "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 |
| Meh |
|
|
| Not wonderful, but not woeful |
USA Today |
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 |
| "Could be better" |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2018 |
| 'Could be better' |
|
|
| Just fine |
New York Times |
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" |
|
|
| Eliciting a shrug, perhaps |
|
|
| Fair-to-middlin' |
|
|
| Not great, not terrible |
|
|
| Not wonderful, but not woeful |
|
|
| Worth a C, perhaps |
|
|
| "Could be worse" |
|
|
| "Kinda good" |
|
|
| Just fine |
|
|
| About a C |
|
|
| Rating a C |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Unremarkable |
|
|
| Only okay |
|
|
| "Not bad, not great" |
|
|
| Nothing special |
|
|
| Just adequate |
|
|
| "Meh" |
|
|
| Nothing to write home about |
|
|
| Nothing to write home about |
LA Times Daily |
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 |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2017 |
| Run-of-the-mill |
|
|
| Meh |
|
|
| Like average grades |
Family Time |
18 Sep 2017 |
| Just average |
Universal |
10 Sep 2017 |
| Fair-to-middling |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2017 |
| Comme ci, comme ça |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2017 |
| 'Meh' |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
| Middlin' |
|
|
| Quite average |
|
|
| Just okay |
|
|
| Neither good nor bad |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme ça |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Acceptable |
|
|
| Fair-to-middling |
|
|
| Nothing to write home about |
|
|
| Run-of-the-mill |
|
|
| Eliciting an "eh" |
|
|
| Just fair |
|
|
| Just okay |
|
|
| Not great |
|
|
| Run-of-the-mill |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| No great shakes |
Newsday |
17 Aug 2016 |
| Indifferent |
Newsday |
30 Jul 2016 |
| Okay, call for help -- ring! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Jul 2016 |
| Only fair |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2016 |
| Just meh |
|
|
| Passable |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2016 |
| Fair to middling |
Family Time |
06 Jun 2016 |
| Nothing special |
|
|
| 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 |
| Not great but not terrible |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Mar 2016 |
| "Meh" |
USA Today |
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 |
| Just all right |
|
|
| Okay |
|
|
| Only fair |
|
|
| Like average grades |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| "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 |
|
|
| 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 |
| O.K. |
|
|
| "Nothing special" |
|
|
| Extremely |
|
|
| Just OK |
|
|
| Just adequate |
|
|
| Just average |
|
|
| Less than great |
|
|
| Less than stellar |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| No great shakes |
|
|
| Nothing special |
|
|
| Just adequate |
|
|
| Not especially good or bad |
|
|
| Eliciting a "meh" |
|
|
| At C level |
|
|
| Nothing special |
|
|
| "Nothing to write home about" |
|
|
| Worthy of a "meh" |
|
|
| "Comme ci, comme ca" |
|
|
| "Eh" |
|
|
| Just fair |
|
|
| Fair to middling |
|
|
| Lackluster |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| Of moderate quality |
|
|
| "Meh" |
|
|
| Merely OK |
|
|
| Ho-hum |
|
|
| Just O.K. |
|
|
| Medium |
|
|
| Not that great |
|
|
| Nothing special |
|
|
| Not bad |
|
|
| Iffy |
|
|
| All right |
|
|
| Neither great nor awful |
|
|
| Better than awful |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| "Eh" |
|
|
| Ho-hum |
|
|
| Not too hot |
|
|
| "Meh" |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme ça |
|
|
| Far from fantastic |
|
|
| Not great |
|
|
| Unremarkable |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| Underwhelming |
|
|
| Passable, barely |
|
|
| Rating two stars, perhaps |
|
|
| Nothing to brag about |
|
|
| Not good, but not bad |
|
|
| Not very good |
|
|
| Neither good nor bad |
|
|
| Middlin' |
|
|
| Between great and terrible |
|
|
| Not bad, not good |
|
|
| Not bad, not good |
|
|
| Fair-to-middling |
|
|
| Just fair |
|
|
| Just passable |
|
|
| Lackluster |
|
|
| Not bad |
|
|
| Just OK |
|
|
| Nothing to write home about (Hyph.) |
|
|
| Not that great |
|
|
| Not great, not horrible |
|
|
| Not bad |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| Meh |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| Garden-variety |
|
|
| C-worthy? |
|
|
| Garnering a "meh," say |
|
|
| Run-of-the-mill |
|
|
| "Meh" |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| "Meh"-inducing |
|
|
| Not great, but not terrible either |
|
|
| Just okay |
|
|
| Nothing to write home about |
|
|
| Not great, not horrible |
|
|
| Between great and horrible |
|
|
| Nothing to write home about |
|
|
| Passable |
|
|
| Only average |
|
|
| Not great, but not awful either |
|
|
| Fair to middling |
|
|
| "OK, I guess" |
|
|
| Fair-to-middling |
|
|
| Nothing to write home about |
|
|
| "I've been better" |
|
|
| "Nothing to write home about" |
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| Just tolerable |
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| Not bad, not good |
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| Only fair, or an alternative title for this puzzle? |
|
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| Just adequate |
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| Not that spectacular |
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| Ho-hum |
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| Far from exciting |
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| Passable |
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| Passable, but that's it |
|
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| Average |
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| Meh |
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| Not too good |
|
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| Run-of-the-mill |
|
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| No great shakes |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme ça |
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| Indifferent |
|
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| Moderately good |
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| Barely adequate, maybe |
|
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| Not too hot |
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| Nothing special |
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| Mediocre |
|
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| No so great |
|
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| Just okay |
|
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| Just average |
|
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| Just okay |
|
|
| Lacking pizazz |
|
|
| Not too hot |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme ça |
|
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| Nothing special |
|
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| Mediocre |
|
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| Not so hot |
|
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| Fair-to-middling |
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| Nothing special |
|
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| Only average |
|
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| Lackluster |
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| Only OK |
|
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| Not great |
|
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| Not great, but not awful either |
|
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| Nothing to brag about |
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| Just passing |
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| Unremarkable |
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| Not great or awful |
|
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| Garden-variety |
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| Nothing to brag about |
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| "OK, I guess" |
|
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| Evoking a "meh" |
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| Only OK |
|
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| Just OK |
|
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| Ho-hum |
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| Unexceptional |
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| Not bad, not good |
|
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| Average |
|
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| Only average |
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| Just OK |
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| Neither terrible nor great |
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| Not great |
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| Middling |
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| Nothing to get excited about |
|
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| Eliciting a shrug, perhaps |
|
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| Average |
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| Eh |
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| Not great |
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| Only okay |
|
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| Not so hot |
|
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| Average |
|
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| Average |
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| Average |
|
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| Only okay |
|
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| Fair |
|
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| Fair to middling |
|
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| Fair-to-middling |
|
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| Nothing special |
|
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| Lacking pizazz |
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| Lukewarm |
|
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| Middling |
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| Passable |
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|
| Blah |
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| "I've been better" |
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| Not so hot |
|
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| Like a grade of C |
|
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| Not great, not terrible |
|
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| Like a .250 batting average |
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| Fair to middlin' |
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| Undistinguished |
|
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| Like a grade of C |
|
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| Nothing to get excited about |
|
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| Neither good nor bad |
|
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| Meriting a C |
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| Not that hot |
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| Leaving something to be desired |
|
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| Not bad |
|
|
| Fair to middlin' |
|
|
| Not that great |
|
|
| Describing 22-Across |
|
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| Just ok |
|
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| Okay but not great |
|
|
| Worth a C, perhaps |
|
|
| No great shakes |
|
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| No great shakes |
|
|
| Neither good nor bad |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
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| Just okay |
|
|
| Just average |
|
|
| Nothing to write home about |
|
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| Tolerable |
|
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| Worth a C |
|
|
| Pedestrian |
|
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| Unexceptional |
|
|
| Only fair |
|
|
| Mezza-mezza |
|
|
| Neither good nor bad |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Garden-variety |
|
|
| Lackluster |
|
|
| Fair to middlin' |
|
|
| No great shakes |
|
|
| Indifferent |
|
|
| Not good, not bad |
|
|
| Fair-to-middling |
|
|
| Just passing |
|
|
| Fair to middling |
|
|
| Fair-to-middlin' |
|
|
| Just tolerable |
|
|
| Not too great |
|
|
| Leaving something to be desired |
|
|
| Could be better |
|
|
| Hardly thrilling |
|
|
| Unexceptional |
|
|
| Passable |
|
|
| Ordinary |
|
|
| Neither good nor bad |
|
|
| Not good, not bad |
|
|
| Fair to middling |
|
|
| Nothing special |
|
|
| Passable |
|
|
| Neither great nor terrible |
|
|
| Middlin' |
|
|
| Just passable |
|
|
| Hardly thrilling |
|
|
| Fair to middling |
|
|
| Passable |
|
|
| Average |
|
|
| Average |
|
|
| Worth a C |
|
|
| Fair to mlddling |
|
|
| Just passable |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme ca |
|
|
| Not bad |
|
|
| Fair to middling |
|
|
| No great shakes |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| Garden-variety |
|
|
| Not great, not terrible |
|
|
| "Eh" |
|
|
| Ho-hum |
|
|
| Okay, sort of |
|
|
| Just okay |
|
|
| Ordinary |
|
|
| Only O.K. |
|
|
| Not outstanding |
|
|
| Not great, not terrible |
|
|
| Indifferently |
|
|
| Fair to middling |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| Tolerable |
|
|
| Neither good nor bad |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Just fair |
|
|
| Tolerable |
|
|
| Neither good nor bad |
|
|
| Nothing special |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| Indifferent |
|
|
| C-worthy |
|
|
| Shrug-eliciting, maybe |
|
|
| Just okay |
|
|
| Hardly thrilling |
|
|
| "Eh" |
|
|
| Average |
|
|
| Not too hot |
|
|
| Like something that "could be worse" |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| Not inspiring |
|
|
| Nothing to write home about |
|
|
| Two-star, maybe |
|
|
| "Eh" |
|
|
| Worth a C, maybe |
|
|
| Okay |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| Only fair |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme ça |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Ho-hum |
|
|
| Neither great nor awful |
|
|
| Worth a C, maybe |
|
|
| Not so hot |
|
|
| Garden variety |
|
|
| Passable |
|
|
| Run-of-the-mill |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Far from wonderful |
|
|
| Just OK |
|
|
| Worth a C, maybe |
|
|
| Unimpressive |
|
|
| Sort of in between |
|
|
| Passable |
|
|
| Not inspiring |
|
|
| Just okay |
|
|
| Garden variety |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| Garden variety |
|
|
| No great shakes |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| "Comme ci, comme ça" |
|
|
| Fair |
|
|
| Pair to middling |
|
|
| C-worthy? |
|
|
| Adequate |
|
|
| Okay |
|
|
| Unexciting |
|
|
| Not good, but not bad |
|
|
| Fair to middling |
|
|
| Worth a C, maybe |
|
|
| Unexciting |
|
|
| Passably |
|
|
| Indifferent |
|
|
| No great shakes |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| "Comme si, comme ça" |
|
|
| Not great |
|
|
| Unremarkable |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme ca |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| Just fair |
|
|
| Not bad |
|
|
| Passable, but that's it |
|
|
| Worthy of a C, perhaps |
|
|
| Not bad |
|
|
| Fair-to-middling |
|
|
| "Comme ci, comme ça" |
|
|
| Eliciting a shrug, perhaps |
|
|
| Indifferent |
|
|
| Rating two stars, perhaps |
|
|
| Deserving a C |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| Tolerable |
|
|
| Passable |
|
|
| Two-star |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| Mediocre |
|
|
| Neither great nor terrible |
|
|
| Tolerably |
|
|
| Below average |
|
|
| Medium |
|
|
| Mezza-mezza |
|
|
| Indifferent |
|
|
| Middling |
|
|
| Not great or awful |
|
|
| "Could be better" |
|
|
| Just okay^SOS |
|
|
| Okay but not great |
|
|
| About a 5 |
|
|
| Tolerable |
|
|
| Not bad |
|
|
| "Could be worse" |
|
|
| Not too hot |
|
|
| Not too shabby |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme ca |
|
|
| Fair to middlin' |
|
|
| Just okay |
|
|
| Fair to middlin' |
|
|
| Not great |
|
|
| Comme ci comme ca |
|
|
| Fair to middlin' |
|
|
| Indifferent |
|
|
| Tolerably |
|
|
| Not too badly |
|
|
| Tolerable |
|
|
| Ho-hum |
|
|
| Adequate |
|
|
| Not so hot |
|
|
| Indifferent |
|
|
| Passing fair |
|
|
| Ordinary |
|
|
| Just average |
|
|
| No great shakes |
|
|
| Just average |
|
|
| B-minus |
|
|
| Barely passable |
|
|
| Just fair |
|
|
| Sandy's sound |
|
|
| Pedestrian |
|
|
| Not too bad |
|
|
| Stalin's Georgian nickname |
|
|
| Indifferently |
|
|
| Lukewarm |
|
|
| Merely O.K. |
|
|
| Run-of-the-mill |
|
|
| Like a C average |
|
|
| Adjective for a .250 hitter |
|
|
| Not bad, but not good |
|
|
| Not good, not bad |
|
|
| Fair-to-middlin' |
|
|
| Tolerably |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme sa |
|
|
| Passably. |
|
|
| Just passably. |
|
|
| Just tolerably. |
|
|
| Ordinary. |
|
|
| Meh |
|
|
| Not terrible, but not great either |
|
|
| Fair-to-middling. |
|
|
| Of middling quality. |
|
|
| Nothing to brag about. |
|
|
| Comme çi, comme ça. |
|
|
| Indifferent. |
|
|
| Not good; not bad. |
|
|
| No great shakes. |
|
|
| Passable: Colloq. |
|
|
| Fairish. |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme ça! |
|
|
| Comme ci, comme ça. |
|
|
| Not very good. |
|
|
| Average. |
|
|
| See 45 Down. |
|
|
| Just fair. |
|
|
| Fair. |
|
|
| Fair to middling. |
|
|
| Tolerably. |
|
|
| Only fair. |
|
|
| Not good, not bad. |
|
|
| Nothing spectacular. |
|
|
| Indifferently. |
|
|
| "Meh" |
|
|
| Just ... meh |
|
|
| Rather poor. |
|
|
| Comme-ci, comme-ca. |
|
|
| Fair-to-middlin'. |
|
|
| Passable. |
|
|
| Mediocre. |
|
|
| Middling. |
|
|
| Tolerable. |
|
|