Historical clue formulations

• What might go off the rails? — 2026-06-19
• Basketball attempt that uses the backboard — 2025-11-30
• Use of a cushion or a backboard — 2020-10-23
• Warning during a heist? — 2018-01-10
• Cushion user? — 2008-11-23
• Two-pointer, the hard way — 1994-04-26