Historical clue formulations

• Not completely closed — 2026-03-10
• One way to leave a door — 2026-02-24
• "The soul should always stand ___": Emily Dickinson — 2025-12-27
• Not fully open — 2025-10-19
• Mostly closed — 2025-06-06
• Cracked, as a door — 2025-06-04
• Just barely open — 2024-07-14
• Close to closed — 2024-05-05
• Propped open, say — 2023-10-11
• Cracked open a little — 2023-09-18
• Cracked open — 2023-05-21
• Slightly open — 2023-03-08
• Not quite closed — 2023-02-23
• Cracked, as a door — 2022-01-17
• Not quite shut — 2021-12-21
• Cracked a bit — 2021-12-09
• Slightly open — 2021-11-23
• Letting in a little light, perhaps — 2021-09-18
• Just open — 2021-01-31
• Cracked — 2020-10-02
• Cracked a bit — 2020-09-03
• A bit cracked — 2020-08-25
• Barely open, as a door — 2020-06-01
• Cracked open, as a door — 2020-03-30
• Open a bit — 2020-02-11
• Barely open — 2019-07-20
• Cracked — 2019-07-06
• Not fully open — 2019-06-11
• Partly open, as a door — 2018-12-24
• Cracked a little — 2018-12-12
• Not fully closed — 2018-08-01
• Nearly closed — 2018-03-27
• Slightly open — 2018-03-13
• "When it's ___" (answer to an old riddle) — 2018-03-12
• A bit cracked — 2018-03-11
• Slightly cracked, as a door — 2017-07-03
• Cracked a bit — 2017-06-28
• Not quite closed — 2017-06-26
• Open a bit — 2017-02-02
• Not completely shut — 2016-12-06
• Not fully closed, as 1-Across — 2016-10-10
• Close to closed — 2016-08-10
• Open a smidge — 2016-05-24
• Unlatched, say — 2016-05-19
• Cracked — 2016-02-05
• Open a tad — 2015-11-03
• Cracked just slightly — 2015-10-26
• Open a crack — 2015-07-30
• Not fully open — 2015-06-02
• Cracked open, as a door — 2015-06-01