Historical clue formulations

• No longer in bed? — 2017-08-30
• Out of bed, in a way? — 2017-01-12
• Just free of the sea bottom — 2016-03-15
• Barely clear, in a way — 2014-10-31
• Clear of the sea bottom — 2003-02-12
• Hanging clear of the bottom — 1997-08-03