Less original
The crossword clue "Less original" is answered by STALER, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STALER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STALER answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for STALER
Every other clue in this collection answered by STALER, most used first.
- Less fresh - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Not as fresh - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- More hackneyed - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Less relaxed - TENSER, used 21 times
- Less taxing - EASIER, used 21 times
- Less messy - NEATER, used 19 times
- Less stuffy - AIRIER, used 18 times
- Less refined - CRUDER, used 17 times
- Less verbose - TERSER, used 17 times
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