Related Clues:

• Good fellow, bitter perhaps, and tired
• Like many bad jokes
• Like last week's buns
• Like two-week-old bread
• Overworked
• Good fellow on the beer becoming overfamiliar
• Past the sell-by date, say
• Like week-old bread, often
• Uninspired by Dickens' last work of fiction?
• No longer fresh, as old bread
• Like bread used for stuffing, often
• Second story is insipid
• Like hard rolls
• Not fresh anymore
• No longer exciting