Historical clue formulations

• Crispy, say — 2026-06-28
• Beyond well-done — 2026-02-03
• Feeling overworked, with "out" — 2024-12-14
• Extra-crispy, to put it nicely — 2023-02-03
• Like toast left too long in the toaster — 2021-05-11
• Singed — 2020-02-24
• Beyond well-done — 2020-01-07
• Charred — 2013-09-08
• Very well done — 2009-06-12
• Black, say — 2007-10-06
• Not just well-done — 2002-11-29
• Like ashes — 2002-08-08
• Deep, as a color — 2001-07-28
• Taken, slangily — 1999-08-05