Historical clue formulations

• Profession of the protagonist Stevens in Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day" — 2021-05-04
• Usual suspect? — 2019-11-23
• Gable part — 2016-12-04
• Gable part — 2016-04-28
• Murder mystery staple — 2016-02-20
• Role in a drawing-room mystery — 2011-06-10
• Who often "did it" in a whodunit — 2008-12-29
• Poet Samuel who wrote "Hudibras" — 2004-10-01
• Middle name of 7-Across — 1999-03-19