Historical clue formulations

• Consumed — 2026-09-09
• Made a meal of — 2026-09-02
• Downed — 2026-07-23
• Had dinner, say — 2026-07-20
• Put away — 2026-06-27
• Ingested — 2026-06-24
• Experienced a bit of turnover? — 2026-05-17
• Downed — 2026-04-11
• Had a couple of brats? — 2026-03-29
• "Aliens ___ My Homework," children's comedy/sci-fi book by Bruce Coville — 2026-03-14
• Packed it in — 2026-03-05
• Had lunch, say — 2026-02-23
• Thoroughly enjoyed, with "up" — 2026-02-22
• Took in — 2026-02-20
• Devoured — 2026-02-09
• Had a meal — 2026-02-03
• Broke bread — 2026-01-06
• Gobbled up — 2025-12-09
• Dined — 2025-11-25
• Absorbed, as a cost — 2025-11-16
• Bolted some nuts down — 2025-10-24
• ___ out of house and home — 2025-10-22
• Dined — 2025-10-21
• Performed amazingly, in slang — 2025-10-16
• Had a nosh — 2025-09-10
• Had one's cake, say — 2025-08-15
• Chowed down — 2025-08-11
• Didn't go fast? — 2025-08-03
• Took a side? — 2025-07-22
• Broke bread — 2025-07-16
• Supped — 2025-07-01
• Downed — 2025-06-26
• Took the cake? — 2025-06-15
• Devoured — 2025-06-10
• Did something exceptionally well, in slang — 2025-06-09
• Chowed down — 2025-05-19
• Verb that sounds like a number ... and is a letter backward — 2025-04-24
• Had dinner — 2025-04-21
• Did amazingly, in slang — 2025-04-12
• Made a fast break? — 2025-04-04
• Broke bread — 2025-04-02
• Cleared one's plate, say — 2025-02-20
• Suffix with emir — 2025-01-26
• Had a meal — 2025-01-20
• Chewed and swallowed — 2025-01-13
• Downed — 2025-01-12
• Enjoyed a gingerbread man, say — 2024-12-24
• Had beef, perhaps — 2024-10-24
• Supped on — 2024-10-08
• Got down — 2024-09-25