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| 2 | 39% | 6 | Something tediously familiar | |
| 3 | 29% | 6 | It "lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar," per Percy Bysshe Shelley | |
Tediously Familiar Crossword Clue
There is 1 exact and 153 possible answers.
We've checked our database and believe the answer is
STALE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
STALE
Updated: October 10, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "STALE" which means:
- adjective
- • Lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age adjective satellite
- • Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new verb
- • Urinate, of cattle and horses noun
- • Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
- • A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
- • The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
- • The stem of a plant.
- • The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
- • A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
- • A stalemate; a stalemated game.
- • An ambush.
- • A band of armed men or hunters.
- • The main force of an army.
- • (livestock) urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
- • A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
- • Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
- • An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
- • A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
- • A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
- • A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
- • Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The bread was stale and dry."
- • "The air in the room smelled stale."
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| New York Times17 Jun 1978 | Across 29 | |
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1 | It "lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar," per Percy Bysshe Shelley
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17 Apr 2022 | New York Times / 17 Apr 2022 |
2 | Monotonously or tediously | |
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The Guardian Quiptic -
11 Oct 2004 | The Guardian Quiptic / 11 Oct 2004 |
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The Guardian Quick -
15 Jul 2015 | The Guardian Quick / 15 Jul 2015 |
5 | Tediously familiar, like the child's book at bedtime?
The Guardian Everyman -
04 Nov 2007 | The Guardian Everyman / 04 Nov 2007 |
6 | Tediously familiar lot had dispersed
The Guardian Everyman -
01 Oct 2006 | The Guardian Everyman / 01 Oct 2006 |
7 | To talk tediously and pompously |
