Historical clue formulations

• Main squeeze, in newer slang — 2026-09-20
• Snookums — 2026-08-03
• Term of endearment appropriated from 9-Down — 2026-02-28
• Sweetie — 2025-12-04
• Girlfriend or boyfriend, informally — 2025-11-17
• Modern pet name — 2025-08-31
• Hon — 2025-06-10
• Honey — 2025-04-06
• Modern love? — 2025-03-30
• Sweetie — 2025-02-03
• Sweetheart, slangily — 2025-01-13
• Hon — 2024-06-15
• Nickname next to a heart emoji, perhaps — 2024-03-10
• Sweetie — 2024-01-12
• Modern love — 2023-10-12
• Darling — 2023-09-03
• Modern love? — 2023-07-19
• Sweetheart — 2023-05-31
• Honey — 2023-04-09
• Sweetheart, casually — 2023-02-14
• Sweetie — 2023-02-06
• Boo — 2022-10-21
• Term of endearment — 2022-09-13
• Hon — 2022-05-29
• Sweetie — 2022-05-08
• Term of endearment — 2022-05-02
• Sweetheart — 2022-04-14
• Sweetheart, in modern lingo — 2022-02-17
• Sweetie — 2022-01-23
• Modern love? — 2021-11-29
• Main squeeze, in modern lingo — 2021-10-17
• Hon — 2021-06-16
• Modern term of endearment — 2021-06-01
• Sweetie — 2021-05-07
• Modern pet name — 2021-04-12
• Main squeeze, in modern lingo — 2020-12-10
• Modern term of endearment — 2020-08-17
• Modern term of endearment — 2020-05-21
• Modern sweetie — 2019-09-12
• Honey — 2019-09-06
• Slangy "sweetheart" — 2019-08-05
• Main squeeze, modernly — 2019-04-01
• Sweetheart, in modern slang — 2019-03-26
• Sweetheart, in modern lingo — 2018-10-10
• Sweetheart, in slang — 2017-07-09
• Hon, modern-style — 2017-07-06
• Slangy "sweetie" — 2017-04-03
• Main squeeze, in modern lingo — 2017-02-01