The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word HACKNEYED
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result HACKNEYED
- Overworked boss at the Shoreditch Times?
- Chestnutty horse of French revolutionary
- Unoriginal journo with requirement to be heard
- Old and cheeky? That needs to change!
- Stock cut, foreign currency held up
- Stale chop you once fed to Edward
- Journalist observed around November characterising old material?
- Tired horse hired by our leader?
- Cliche-ridden newsman abroad ready for rejection by his boss?
- 26 East End journalist
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The straight part
We know that "characterising old material" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case characterising old material = hackneyed.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HACKNEYED mean?
HACKNEYED verb- To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
- To use as a hackney.
- To carry in a hackney coach.
- Repeated too often.
- Let out for hire.