Same old story?

The answer

RERUN

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RERUN answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• REHASH (4 uses in xd)
• FAMILIARTUNE (1 uses in xd)
• LORE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RERUN

Every other clue in this collection answered by RERUN, most used first.

• Second showing - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Second airing - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Summer TV fare - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
• Encore presentation - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Summer fare - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
• Show again - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• "Encore performance" - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Any "Seinfeld" episode, now - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Familiar episode - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Second showing on TV - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Show over - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Summer TV offering - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• What many incumbents do - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Old anesthetic - ETHER, used 156 times
• Old-womanish - ANILE, used 155 times
• "Same here" - DITTO, used 137 times
• Suspect's story - ALIBI, used 128 times
• Old saying - ADAGE, used 127 times
• Top story - ATTIC, used 108 times

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