Historical clue formulations

• "Ta-ta!" — 2026-06-29
• "Ciao!" — 2026-06-28
• Pass on a tournament schedule — 2026-03-23
• What a wave might mean — 2025-10-03
• "Ta-ta" — 2025-01-20
• Tournament pass — 2024-10-06
• "See ya!" — 2024-09-16
• Last word, at times — 2024-08-28
• "Later!" — 2024-03-28
• "See ya!" — 2023-11-27
• "I'm done with this conversation!" — 2023-08-18
• Tournament advantage — 2022-11-22
• "Later!" — 2022-08-16
• Departure announcement — 2022-04-23
• "Later" — 2022-04-20
• "See ya!" — 2022-01-24
• Pass during the N.F.L. playoffs — 2022-01-16
• Title word sung 52 times in a 2000 hit by 'N Sync — 2021-09-13
• When said three times, hit song for 46-Down — 2021-07-04
• Off week, say — 2021-04-24
• "Later!" — 2020-11-01
• "Ciao!" — 2020-08-30
• "Later" — 2019-09-20
• What a seed might start out with — 2019-08-23
• A word before you go — 2019-04-11
• "Ciao!" — 2019-01-29
• Word spoken while waving — 2018-11-04
• "Later!" — 2018-06-13
• "Later!" — 2018-02-22
• Tournament pass — 2017-07-12
• Off-week, in football — 2017-05-07
• "Ta-ta!" — 2016-12-11
• "Ciao" — 2016-09-26
• Pass, of sorts — 2016-07-24
• Cry that's often doubled — 2016-02-19
• It leads to early advancement — 2016-02-12
• What a seed often has — 2014-12-18
• "See ya!" — 2014-05-19
• "I'm gone" — 2013-05-27
• Free pass, of sorts — 2013-01-16
• "Ta-ta" — 2012-08-20
• Exit line — 2012-08-10
• Bit of scheduling luck at a tournament — 2012-07-24
• "g2g" follower — 2011-12-29
• "TTYL" — 2011-02-06
• "Farewell" — 2009-07-01
• Free pass, of sorts — 2008-07-23
• "See ya" — 2008-01-07
• Tournament pass — 2007-10-30
• "Bon voyage!" — 2006-11-02