Historical clue formulations

• — — 2026-09-17
• With 22-Across, pocket ID holder — 2026-08-05
• Indicator of a penalty, in soccer — 2025-10-14
• Joker … or jokester — 2025-03-30
• One might be red or yellow in soccer — 2024-12-03
• One way to pay — 2024-09-24
• 9 or 10, but not 11 or 12 — 2024-08-18
• Jack, but not Jill — 2023-11-02
• Memory ___ — 2021-10-07
• King or queen — 2021-08-17
• Ace of spades or queen of hearts — 2021-03-08
• Jokester — 2021-02-27
• Valentine's Day purchase — 2020-04-12
• ID — 2018-09-23
• Verify the age of, in a way — 2017-07-19
• ID — 2016-10-22
• "We ___" (convenience store sign) — 2016-09-07
• *Jokester — 2015-11-04
• Pip's place — 2015-07-31
• Ace of spades, e.g. — 2014-03-17
• Stitch — 2013-08-01
• "Here's my ___" — 2013-04-09
• Real character — 2013-03-29
• Determine the age of, in a way — 2011-07-30
• Check for ID, as at a bar — 2011-03-08
• Ace or deuce — 2011-01-03
• Funny fellow — 2010-02-07
• Jester — 2009-02-07
• Funny fellow — 2007-12-07
• Green ___ — 2007-03-11
• It may come with a gift — 2006-05-14
• Cut-up — 2006-03-24
• Joker, e.g. — 2006-02-05
• King or queen — 2004-06-13
• Ace or jack — 2003-03-17
• Stop at the door, perhaps — 2001-12-21
• Two or three, but not one — 2001-05-19
• Cutup — 2001-02-06
• Jack or ten — 2000-11-13
• Wit — 2000-07-21
• Jack or 10 — 1999-12-06
• Basic bingo item — 1999-09-22
• Cutup — 1999-05-31
• Riot — 1998-10-03
• Joker, e.g. — 1998-07-07
• Jack, for one — 1998-06-13
• Wit — 1997-07-27
• Diamond, e.g. — 1997-04-13
• Check for ID — 1996-09-12
• It can be wild — 1996-07-28