| 20 answers for: Term for something dated, outmoded, threadbare, ti... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| OLDKIT | Term for something dated, outmoded, threadbare, tired, trite or worn-out, like a vintage chapeau, showing its wear due to overuse (3-3) |
| READYTODROP | Worn out like a well-prepared parachutist? (5,2,4) |
| WORN | Threadbare; tired |
| TATTY | From Scots for "matted, shaggy, tangled", a word used to mean shabby, tawdry, threadbare or worn-out; cheap or of poor quality; or, fussy, as in clothes or ornament (5) |
| STRAP | From a word for a thong for honing razors, a strip of leather/cloth for binding a bag/trunk, securing a wristwatch or worn on the shoulder; or, an old nickname for a barber (5) |
| NAGS | Related to "neigh", an informal or pejorative word for inferior, jaded, old, small or worn-out examples of the hinnying, nickering or whinnying beasts commonly called horses (4) |
| SOFTWARE | A catch-all term for something that runs on a computer, tablet or smartphone (8) |
| TOUGHTOUSE | Like broken or worn-out tools |
| JADED | Tired or worn out (5) |
| BONNET | Be it blue, for Easter, heraldically velvety, tied under the chin, Tudor or worn by a girl, lady, laird or maid, it's a beret, cap, hat or tam, named for the cloth from which it was first made (6) |
| THREADBARE | Frayed or worn out (cloth) |
| JALOPY | Old or worn-out car (6) |
| DECREPIT | Broken down or worn out (8) |
| BEATEN | Made things smooth, or worn out by use (6) |
| EFFETE | Sterile or worn out (6) |
| LURVE | A name for romantic affection which is seen as trite or cliched |
| BRASS | ____ farthing, informal term for something of very little or no value (5) |
| EUPHEMISTIC | Using a milder term for something unpleasant |
| EGER | Continually concealing term for something that's a bore |
| EUPHEMISM | A milder term for something more offensive (9) |
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