Old hat
The crossword clue "Old hat" is answered by STALE, a 5-letter entry. Used 46 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
STALE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STALE answer page.
Used 46 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 12 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.
- NOTNEW (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for STALE
Every other clue in this collection answered by STALE, most used first.
- No longer fresh - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
- Hackneyed - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Trite - used 53 times, most recently in 2023
- Like old bread - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Not fresh - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Flat - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
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
- Old saying - ADAGE, used 127 times
- Old hat - PASSE, used 100 times
- Old enough - OFAGE, used 97 times
- "Old MacDonald" refrain - EIEIO, used 97 times
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