Historical clue formulations

• *Genre for Aretha Franklin or Usher — 2025-10-30
• Apple or BlackBerry — 2024-12-05
• Nike, Nestlé or Nabisco — 2023-02-20
• Agitator seeking radical change — 2019-11-28
• Pain in the ass? — 2019-04-27
• "X" isn't really one — 2018-10-07
• ___ X — 2018-05-16
• Gucci or Givenchy, e.g. — 2017-08-20
• Strike while the iron is hot? — 2016-12-24
• 1950s sex symbol — 2016-01-07
• Mark on a steer's rear — 2015-06-15
• Leave a lasting mark on — 2014-03-13
• T-bar or Z-bar — 2008-07-18
• A store might have its own — 2005-12-30
• Clorox or Clorets — 2002-03-21
• Cattle identifier — 2001-02-26
• Stigmatize — 2000-11-25
• Aunt Jemima or Uncle Ben's, e.g. — 1995-06-11