Historical clue formulations

• Metaphorical beginning or ending — 2026-07-11
• Remnants of a volcanic spew — 2025-12-08
• Fireplace remains — 2025-02-17
• Bonfire remains — 2024-12-10
• Flicks, as a butt — 2024-11-16
• Barbecue leftovers — 2023-12-17
• Campfire remains — 2023-10-23
• Word on either side of "to" — 2023-09-30
• Word before and after "to," in a religious phrase — 2023-04-20
• Result of a firing? — 2023-01-13
• Volcanic emissions — 2021-09-20
• Reminder of an old flame? — 2021-05-25
• Grateful? — 2021-01-13
• Word on either side of "to" — 2020-12-25
• What remains after a fire — 2020-07-20
• Furnace residue — 2020-06-30
• Fireplace remains — 2020-06-03
• Contents of a funerary receptacle — 2020-01-13
• Some airborne particulates — 2019-07-07
• Fire remnants — 2018-11-13
• Remains in the ground, often — 2018-08-19
• BBQ leftovers? — 2017-10-10
• Word repeated in "Ring Around the Rosy" before "We all fall down" — 2017-05-16
• Word both before and after "to" — 2017-03-26
• Grate expectations? — 2016-12-16
• Poker targets? — 2016-11-29
• Lent symbols — 2016-10-15
• What a phoenix rises from, with "the" — 2016-09-06
• "People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ___": Abigail Van Buren — 2016-08-13
• Grateful? — 2016-05-26
• Symbol of penance — 2016-01-27
• Remains on a mantel, maybe — 2015-04-04
• Parliaments produce them — 2014-11-16
• Contents of some urns — 2014-02-03
• Fireplace residue — 2013-12-16
• Indication of some oxidation — 2013-09-27
• Campfire remains — 2013-08-13
• Phoenix setting? — 2013-05-10
• Hearth residue — 2012-11-06
• Ruins — 2012-09-07
• Some flakes — 2012-04-20
• Smokers' residue — 2012-04-02
• Hearth residue — 2012-02-28
• Hearth waste — 2011-12-27
• Fireplace residue — 2011-04-04
• Old flames? — 2010-06-23
• Briquette residue — 2010-06-22
• Barbecue remnants — 2009-04-28
• They may be scattered — 2008-01-27
• Grate-ful? — 2007-12-23