The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DATED
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More clues leading to the result DATED
- Went out with old hat
- No longer fashionable attorney bloke
- Romantic occasion meeting duke in old hat
- Labelled with year? That's old-fashioned
- Old-fashioned saw
- Took out fruit starter to defrost
- Took out old hat
- In no longer, went out
- Lawrence, boring old man, rather passé
- Consumed drop of daiquiri after daughter went out
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The straight part
We know that "Labelled with year/old-fashioned" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case labelled with year/old-fashioned = dated.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DATED mean?
DATED verb- To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
- To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
- To determine the age of something.
- To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
- (by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
- (by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
- To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
- (with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
- Marked with a date.
- Outdated.
- Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.
- No longer fashionable.