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232 total results for TRITE( score: 50 )
70 results for TRITE from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Mar 17, 2024 | 26A | Like a stock quote? | Simeon Seigel | Fagliano |
Wed Mar 6, 2024 | 40A | Overworked (2) | Brad Wiegmann | Shortz |
Fri Jan 5, 2024 | 43A | Not fresh (3) | David P. Williams | Shortz |
Sat Sep 23, 2023 | 4D | Banal | Robert Charlton | Shortz |
Mon Sep 11, 2023 | 35A | Lacking originality | Hoang-Kim Vu | Shortz |
Sat Mar 18, 2023 | 4D | Like the saying "You win some, you lose some" | Ada Nicolle | Shortz |
Fri Nov 18, 2022 | 28D | Stale (2) | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Sun Sep 26, 2021 | 73D | Overdone (2) | Priyanka Sethy and Matthew Stock | Shortz |
Wed Mar 31, 2021 | 58D | Far from original | Trenton Charlson | Shortz |
Sun Feb 7, 2021 | 33D | Clichéd (3) | Katie Hale and Christina Iverson | Shortz |
Thu Jul 16, 2020 | 50D | Opposite of original | Evan Kalish | Shortz |
Sat Jul 20, 2019 | 32A | Commonplace (2) | Sam Trabucco | Shortz |
Tue Mar 20, 2018 | 51D | Like the expressions "a dime a dozen" and "a penny for your thoughts" | Andrew Zhou | Shortz |
Sat Feb 17, 2018 | 6D | Worn-out (2) | Peter Wentz | Shortz |
Tue Apr 18, 2017 | 28D | Like the invitation line "Be there or be square" | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Fri Feb 17, 2017 | 47D | Used too much (2) | David Steinberg | Shortz |
Tue Oct 20, 2015 | 20D | Overused (3) | Sam Buchbinder | Shortz |
Tue Oct 6, 2015 | 14A | All too familiar | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Wed May 27, 2015 | 60A | Hardly original | Jim Quinlan | Shortz |
Wed Feb 18, 2015 | 24D | Hackneyed (4) | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Sun Jul 27, 2014 | 36A | Played out (4) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Wed Jun 4, 2014 | 19A | Done to death (2) | Jim Hilger | Shortz |
Sun Mar 9, 2014 | 25A | Unimaginative | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Tue Feb 11, 2014 | 51D | Too-often repeated | Matthew E. Paronto and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Thu Dec 5, 2013 | 63A | Repentant | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Fri Jul 12, 2013 | 21D | Like "Have a nice day," for example | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Sat Jun 8, 2013 | 35A | Tired (2) | David Quarfoot | Shortz |
Sun Feb 10, 2013 | 68D | Overused (3) | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Nov 11, 2012 | 41D | Shopworn (5) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Mon May 30, 2011 | 19A | Overused, as a saying | Michael Barnhart | Shortz |
Mon May 16, 2011 | 14A | Clichéd (3) | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Mon Oct 4, 2010 | 48D | Hackneyed (4) | Adam G. Perl | Shortz |
Sun Jul 19, 2009 | 106A | Like "Have a nice day!" | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Thu Jan 1, 2009 | 25D | Shopworn (5) | Alan Arbesfeld | Shortz |
Sun Dec 7, 2008 | 43A | Played out (4) | Jim Page | Shortz |
Thu Oct 16, 2008 | 14A | Done to death (2) | Ian Tullis | Shortz |
Mon Sep 11, 2006 | 61A | Hackneyed (4) | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sun Dec 4, 2005 | 46D | Played out (4) | Eric Berlin and Craig Kasper | Shortz |
Sun Dec 26, 2004 | 87D | Old hat (3) | Hal Turner | Shortz |
Sun Nov 21, 2004 | 54D | Much-heard | Kumar Balani | Shortz |
Thu Jun 3, 2004 | 49A | Overused (3) | Mike Torch | Shortz |
Sun Jan 4, 2004 | 50D | Tired (2) | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sun Oct 5, 2003 | 94D | Shopworn (5) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Sun Oct 27, 2002 | 41D | Like a sunset at the end of a movie | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Sun Aug 25, 2002 | 38A | Not fresh (3) | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Fri Jul 26, 2002 | 44A | Used too much (2) | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sat Jun 8, 2002 | 36A | Beaten to death | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Wed May 1, 2002 | 60A | Unoriginal | Steve Jones | Shortz |
Tue Mar 5, 2002 | 33D | Clichéd (3) | Marjorie Richter | Shortz |
Thu Jul 26, 2001 | 18D | Stating the obvious | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Sat May 27, 2000 | 47A | Shopworn (5) | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Mon May 15, 2000 | 24A | Overly common | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Sat Apr 1, 2000 | 61A | Formulaic | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Mon Jan 10, 2000 | 50D | Old hat (3) | John Greenman | Shortz |
Fri May 21, 1999 | 45D | Humdrum | Martin Ashwood-Smith | Shortz |
Sat Apr 10, 1999 | 21A | Not novel | A. J. Santora | Shortz |
Wed Mar 3, 1999 | 18A | Hackneyed (4) | Rich Norris | Shortz |
Fri Oct 2, 1998 | 29A | Not fresh (3) | John Wolting | Shortz |
Mon Sep 7, 1998 | 3D | Said too often | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Tue Jun 30, 1998 | 30D | Stale (2) | Arthur S. Verdesca | Shortz |
Sat Dec 13, 1997 | 22A | Commonplace (2) | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Wed Jul 2, 1997 | 47A | Played out (4) | Richard Hughes | Shortz |
Fri Oct 25, 1996 | 19A | Old as Methuselah, in a way | M. Nosowsky | Shortz |
Fri Sep 27, 1996 | 47D | Worn-out (2) | B. Sefick | Shortz |
Thu Apr 11, 1996 | 21D | Shopworn (5) | R. Hamel | Shortz |
Sat Nov 4, 1995 | 13D | Uninspired | Frank A. Longo | Shortz |
Fri Sep 22, 1995 | 22D | Overworked (2) | Jim Page | Shortz |
Fri Mar 17, 1995 | 11D | Platitudinous | Randolph Ross | Shortz |
Wed Dec 28, 1994 | 51A | Old hat (3) | Gerald R. Ferguson | Shortz |
Sun Jul 10, 1994 | 61D | Overdone (2) | Alvin Chase | Shortz |
1 result for TRITE from Variety puzzles:
Date | Type | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Jun 27, 2021 | Diagramless | 39D | No longer fresh | Alex Eaton-Salners | Shortz |
161 results for TRITE from pre-Shortz puzzles:
Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Thu Sep 16, 1993 | 27D | Commonplace | Lois Sidway | Taub |
Sat May 29, 1993 | 64A | Threadbare | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Mon Apr 12, 1993 | 15D | Banal | Bernice Gordon | Maleska |
Tue Jan 12, 1993 | 28D | Stale | Michael A. Rampino | Maleska |
Sun Aug 23, 1992 | 100A | Hackneyed | Arthur S. Verdesca | Maleska |
Mon Jan 27, 1992 | 67A | Hackneyed | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Thu Jan 16, 1992 | 30D | Hackneyed | C. McInerney | Maleska |
Thu Mar 7, 1991 | 37A | Like a cliché | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Wed Jan 16, 1991 | 20A | Commonplace | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
Mon Nov 26, 1990 | 49D | Hackneyed | Peter Swift | Maleska |
Sun Jun 10, 1990 | 57D | Stale | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Sun Sep 3, 1989 | 106A | Hackneyed | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Sat Aug 26, 1989 | 20A | Banal | Nancy Joline | Maleska |
Sat Jul 29, 1989 | 5A | Stale | Beverly Tivin | Maleska |
Wed May 3, 1989 | 19A | Hackneyed | Kenneth Witte | Maleska |
Tue Jan 17, 1989 | 2D | Hackneyed | Don Groat | Maleska |
Thu Dec 15, 1988 | 56A | Overused | Charlotte Shore | Maleska |
Sun Oct 9, 1988 | 114A | Stale | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Maleska |
Sat Aug 6, 1988 | 17A | Stale | Thomas Bohm | Maleska |
Sun Jan 10, 1988 | 98D | Hackneyed | Dale O. Burgener | Maleska |
Sat Oct 24, 1987 | 36A | Hackneyed | Kenneth Haxton | Maleska |
Sun Jul 19, 1987 | 60D | Commonplace | Kathryn Righter | Maleska |
Tue Jun 30, 1987 | 62A | Banal | Mary S. Snyder | Maleska |
Mon Oct 27, 1986 | 1D | No longer fresh | Evelyn Benshoof | Maleska |
Tue Jun 24, 1986 | 27D | Like an old chestnut | H. Hastings Reddall | Maleska |
Sun May 11, 1986 | 62D | Hackneyed | Virginia P. Abelson | Maleska |
Tue Feb 25, 1986 | 26D | Stale | Sidney L. Robbins | Maleska |
Sun Nov 24, 1985 | 104A | Like a cliché | Caroline G. Fitzgerald | Maleska |
Sun Oct 21, 1984 | 67D | Vapid | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Sat Sep 29, 1984 | 48D | Hackneyed | Jesse Roarke | Maleska |
Mon Aug 20, 1984 | 28D | Hackneyed | Albert J. Klaus | Maleska |
Mon Aug 6, 1984 | 47D | Commonplace | Arthur W. Palmer | Maleska |
Tue May 1, 1984 | 64A | Hackneyed | Helena Farmer | Maleska |
Thu Jan 12, 1984 | 18A | Like a platitude | Maver | Maleska |
Fri Aug 26, 1983 | 45A | Jejune | I. Judah Koolyk | Maleska |
Sun Jul 3, 1983 | 54D | Like a cliché | Jim Page | Maleska |
Wed Apr 13, 1983 | 41A | Hackneyed | Eugene T. Maleska | Maleska |
Tue Mar 1, 1983 | 52D | Hackneyed | Jim Page | Maleska |
Mon Dec 20, 1982 | 39D | Stale | Peter G. Snow | Maleska |
Sun Sep 26, 1982 | 92A | Not original | William H. Ford | Maleska |
Thu Jul 29, 1982 | 27D | Platitudinous | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Fri Jul 2, 1982 | 52D | Timeworn | Louise Earnest | Maleska |
Wed May 19, 1982 | 23A | Far from fresh | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sun May 16, 1982 | 75A | Banal | A. J. Santora | Maleska |
Thu Dec 24, 1981 | 14A | Like a thrice-told tale | William E. Heinemann | Maleska |
Sun Dec 13, 1981 | 90A | Well-worn | Judith C. Dalton | Maleska |
Thu Nov 5, 1981 | 51D | Shopworn | John Greenman | Maleska |
Fri Jun 19, 1981 | 47D | Shopworn | Mary Virginia Orna | Maleska |
Mon Jun 15, 1981 | 27D | Hackneyed | Jeanette K. Brill | Maleska |
Tue Nov 18, 1980 | 11D | Banal | John R. Prosser | Maleska |
Fri Mar 14, 1980 | 42A | Far from fresh | Bert H. Kruse | Maleska |
Wed Feb 13, 1980 | 28D | Far from fresh | Alfio Micci | Maleska |
Wed Oct 31, 1979 | 34D | Platitudinous | C. J. Angio | Maleska |
Sun Sep 23, 1979 | 68D | Lacking imagination | George Rose Smith | Maleska |
Wed Aug 15, 1979 | 4D | Timeworn, as a joke | Charles Engler | Maleska |
Sun Jul 8, 1979 | 45D | Hackneyed | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Fri May 25, 1979 | 42D | No longer fresh | Jones | Maleska |
Sun May 14, 1978 | 115D | Commonplace | Frances Hansen | Maleska |
Sun Apr 2, 1978 | 64A | Like a cliché | Richard Silvestri | Maleska |
Wed Mar 22, 1978 | 54A | Threadbare | Johnson | Maleska |
Sun Jan 8, 1978 | 77D | Overused | Tap Osborn | Maleska |
Fri Oct 14, 1977 | 40A | Commonplace | Herb L. Risteen | Maleska |
Sun Sep 25, 1977 | 108D | Stereotyped | William Lutwiniak | Maleska |
Tue Sep 13, 1977 | 22A | Threadbare | Martha J. DeWitt | Maleska |
Tue Aug 30, 1977 | 14A | Often heard before | McDermott | Maleska |
Sun Jul 24, 1977 | 53D | Banal | Jay Spry | Maleska |
Sun Nov 14, 1976 | 97D | Corny | Barbara Gillis | Weng |
Sun Apr 25, 1976 | 111D | Overdone | Eugene T. Maleska | Weng |
Wed Dec 10, 1975 | 58A | Banal | Sara V. Tuckerman | Weng |
Tue Aug 5, 1975 | 24D | Unoriginal | Joseph McLaughlin | Weng |
Tue Jun 24, 1975 | 16A | Hackneyed | Virginia Godwin | Weng |
Mon May 12, 1975 | 41A | Hackneyed | Allan Blackman | Weng |
Sun Apr 27, 1975 | 59A | Like old Jokes | Joseph LaFauci | Weng |
Thu Apr 17, 1975 | 24D | Old-hat | Sidney L. Robbins | Weng |
Tue Jan 21, 1975 | 16A | Banal | DeWitt Anderson | Weng |
Sun Nov 3, 1974 | 31A | Cliché-ridden | George Rose Smith | Weng |
Fri Oct 4, 1974 | 31D | Corny | Marie West | Weng |
Sun Aug 11, 1974 | 85A | Corny | Stafford P. Osborn | Weng |
Wed Jul 24, 1974 | 6D | Banal | Dorothy Cannan | Weng |
Wed Jun 12, 1974 | 54D | Stale | Elizabeth A. Yaro | Weng |
Sun Apr 7, 1974 | 28A | Thrice-told | Dorothea Shipp | Weng |
Wed Nov 21, 1973 | 25D | Commonplace | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Nov 4, 1973 | 41D | Shopworn | Richard Camp | Weng |
Wed Sep 5, 1973 | 22A | Stale | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jul 3, 1973 | 53A | Thrice-told | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Oct 15, 1972 | 39D | Banal | David A. Murray | Weng |
Sat Jan 15, 1972 | 50A | Stale | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Oct 2, 1971 | 52A | Overdone | Unknown | Weng |
Mon Feb 8, 1971 | 24D | Corny | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Dec 19, 1970 | 28D | Corny | Unknown | Weng |
Sat Nov 28, 1970 | 31D | Old-hat | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Sep 27, 1970 | 26A | Threadbare | Keith Blake | Weng |
Tue Sep 8, 1970 | 61A | Threadbare | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Jul 21, 1970 | 14A | Overused | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Feb 24, 1970 | 20A | Overworked | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Oct 2, 1969 | 39A | Stale. | Unknown | Weng |
Thu Jul 10, 1969 | 30D | Stale. | Unknown | Weng |
Sun Jun 15, 1969 | 114A | Stale | John D. Owens | Weng |
Sat May 10, 1969 | 11D | Stereotyped. | Unknown | Weng |
Wed Jan 29, 1969 | 19A | Overused. | Unknown | Weng |
Tue Feb 27, 1968 | 12D | Banal. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Aug 20, 1967 | 34A | Bromidic. | Sidney Lambert | Farrar |
Wed Jan 11, 1967 | 21D | Shopworn. | George Laczko | Farrar |
Fri Dec 23, 1966 | 56A | Hackneyed. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Sep 19, 1966 | 27D | Humdrum. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Sep 12, 1966 | 37A | Banal. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Feb 1, 1966 | 38D | Stereotyped. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 30, 1966 | 37D | Banal. | Leonard Sussman | Farrar |
Mon Jan 10, 1966 | 53A | Commonplace. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 12, 1965 | 74A | Often heard before. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Sun Aug 15, 1965 | 52D | Overdone. | William Lutwiniak | Farrar |
Sun Jun 6, 1965 | 43A | Threadbare. | Leonard Sussman | Farrar |
Thu May 13, 1965 | 24A | Stereotyped. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Oct 27, 1964 | 10D | Overused. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat May 9, 1964 | 2D | Stale. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Jan 2, 1963 | 13D | Shopworn. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Thu Oct 18, 1962 | 6D | Shopworn. | Louise Earnest | Farrar |
Wed Oct 11, 1961 | 46D | Banal. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 16, 1961 | 19D | Hackneyed. | Aida Cromwell | Farrar |
Sun Mar 12, 1961 | 1D | Clichélike. | Eugene T. Maleska | Farrar |
Tue Aug 2, 1960 | 32D | Commonplace. | Unknown | Farrar |
Mon Apr 11, 1960 | 57A | Commonplace. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Nov 11, 1959 | 61A | Commonplace. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Aug 14, 1959 | 34D | Banal. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Jul 31, 1959 | 12D | Stereotyped. | Cora Goodman | Farrar |
Wed Jul 1, 1959 | 56A | Lacking novelty. | W. E. Jones | Farrar |
Mon Sep 15, 1958 | 18A | Hackneyed. | Marcia Gladstone | Farrar |
Fri Oct 4, 1957 | 34D | Commonplace. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sat Aug 17, 1957 | 61A | Hackneyed. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Apr 14, 1957 | 126D | Threadbare. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Tue Nov 20, 1956 | 35A | Hackneyed. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jul 8, 1956 | 31D | Stereotyped. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Sun Jun 3, 1956 | 19A | Unimaginative. | Helen Bernard | Farrar |
Wed May 9, 1956 | 24D | Relative of 33 Down. | S. A. Kay | Farrar |
Fri Apr 27, 1956 | 19D | Bromidic. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Apr 27, 1955 | 18A | Humdrum. | Helen Fasulo | Farrar |
Fri Jan 21, 1955 | 44D | Stereotyped. | Thomas Meekin | Farrar |
Fri Dec 17, 1954 | 53D | Not original. | Maura B. Jacobson | Farrar |
Fri Aug 6, 1954 | 27D | Hackneyed. | Alice Cook | Farrar |
Sat Jul 31, 1954 | 28D | Commonplace. | Thomas J. Varner | Farrar |
Thu Apr 22, 1954 | 61A | Vapid. | Edith Kennedy | Farrar |
Fri Jan 1, 1954 | 30D | Meaningless from repetition. | Unknown | Farrar |
Thu Nov 19, 1953 | 18D | Platitudinous. | Unknown | Farrar |
Tue Jun 10, 1952 | 19A | Stereotyped. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Jan 6, 1952 | 26A | Hackneyed. | Ethel LeStrange | Farrar |
Fri Nov 23, 1951 | 49D | Unoriginal. | Unknown | Farrar |
Wed Aug 29, 1951 | 60A | Commonplace. | Unknown | Farrar |
Fri Aug 3, 1951 | 42A | Corny. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Dec 10, 1950 | 63A | No longer amusing. | Jack Luzzatto | Farrar |
Thu Nov 9, 1950 | 3D | Hackneyed. | J. F. Kelly | Farrar |
Thu Sep 21, 1950 | 30D | Hackneyed. | Unknown | Farrar |
Sun Sep 3, 1950 | 116A | Twice-told. | Willard N. Jordan | Farrar |
Sun Feb 19, 1950 | 54A | Stereotyped. | Alberta N. Burton | Farrar |
Sun Oct 16, 1949 | 115A | Corny. | Harold T. Bers | Farrar |
Sun Oct 17, 1948 | 107D | Stale. | Louis Jenkins | Farrar |
Sun Jan 7, 1945 | 131A | Hackneyed. | Lester Keene | Farrar |
Sun Oct 1, 1944 | 47D | Threadbare. | Agnes Cook | Farrar |
Sun Nov 14, 1943 | 137A | Hackneyed. | P. J. Lamanna | Farrar |
Sun Apr 11, 1943 | 11D | Commonplace. | Harriot T. Cooke | Farrar |
Sun Mar 14, 1943 | 71D | Hackneyed. | Charles Erlenkotter | Farrar |
Sun Jun 21, 1942 | 82A | Vapid. | Mabel C. Daggett | Farrar |