Historical clue formulations

• "... sting like ___" — 2021-08-29
• Have ___ in one's bonnet — 2020-09-23
• Busy as ___ — 2020-01-26
• Busy as ___ — 2015-03-10
• Busy as ___ — 2013-12-01
• Have ___ in one's bonnet — 2011-09-11
• Busy as ___ — 2010-06-08
• "Sting like ___" — 2008-10-22
• Busy as ___ — 2006-08-01
• Have ___ in one's bonnet — 2005-05-26
• Answer to the folk riddle "Worker in yellow clothes" — 2004-06-19
• Busy as ___ — 2004-02-15
• Busy as ___ — 2003-10-22
• Busy as ___ — 2003-04-02
• Last words of an Ali boast — 2002-09-29
• "... sting like ___" — 2002-06-16
• "As brisk as ___ in conversation": Samuel Johnson — 2001-10-12
• "...sting like ___" — 1998-10-13
• Have ___ in one's bonnet — 1998-09-07
• Have ___ in one's bonnet — 1998-01-08
• End of a Muhammad Ali catch phrase — 1996-11-01
• Have ___ in one's bonnet — 1996-10-24
• Have ___ in one's bonnet — 1995-11-20
• Busy as _____ — 1994-06-12
• Have_____ in one's bonnet — 1994-01-03
• Busy as _____ — 1993-12-28