Historical clue formulations

• Two-pronged fastener — 2026-06-26
• Small nail — 2024-12-12
• Actor Pitt — 2024-09-16
• Flat-headed fastener — 2021-06-22
• ___ Rutter, "Jeopardy!" contestant with the all-time highest winnings ($4.9+ million) — 2021-05-31
• Small wire nail — 2020-12-14
• Baseboard fastener — 2020-06-06
• Oscar-winning Pitt — 2020-04-13
• With 21-Across, "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" co-star — 2020-04-11
• Thin fastener — 2018-12-19
• Pitt of "The Big Short" — 2017-07-06
• Boy's name that's a hardware item — 2016-12-31
• Small nail — 2016-09-02
• Little nail — 2015-05-03
• Actor Pitt — 2013-09-23
• Stationery securer — 2013-06-01
• With 59-Down, star of the work revealed by the first letters of the Across clues, which hint at this puzzle's theme — 2012-06-12
• Country music's Paisley — 2011-06-14
• Thin nail — 2009-12-16
• Thin nail — 2009-10-21
• Hardware store offering — 2007-10-05
• Thin fastener — 2006-12-02
• Small nail — 2006-04-03
• Small fastener — 2005-06-05
• Thin fastener — 2004-02-27
• Wire nail — 2003-11-05
• Thin nail — 2002-12-10
• "Marmaduke" cartoonist Anderson — 2002-03-15
• Slender nail — 2002-03-11
• Small fastener — 2001-11-11
• Thin nail — 2001-10-31
• Actor Pitt — 2001-10-22
• Thin nail — 2001-06-06
• Thin fastener — 2000-12-26
• Actor Pitt — 2000-12-12
• Pitt of "Meet Joe Black" — 2000-09-19
• It gets hit on the head — 2000-05-28
• Hollywood heartthrob Pitt — 2000-01-24
• Small fastener — 1999-02-28
• "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" hero — 1998-02-12
• Small fastener — 1997-07-27
• Carpenter's nail — 1997-04-16
• Small fastener — 1996-12-27
• Thin nail — 1996-12-22
• Actor Pitt — 1996-10-07
• Slender nail — 1996-09-23
• Finishing nail — 1996-06-03
• Heartthrob actor Pitt — 1996-03-12
• Wire nail — 1996-01-29
• Slender nail — 1995-12-13