Historical clue formulations

• – — 2026-08-05
• Beer buy — 2026-06-17
• Suit, e.g. — 2026-04-15
• Job for a detective — 2026-03-01
• Lawyer's assignment — 2026-01-17
• Job for Sherlock — 2025-08-18
• Display container — 2025-08-06
• "Get off my ___!" — 2025-06-27
• Word before or after book — 2025-06-21
• Social worker's assignment — 2025-05-12
• Beer buy — 2024-11-24
• Matter before a court — 2024-03-11
• Big beer buy — 2023-09-05
• Costco unit — 2023-02-01
• Assignment for a lawyer — 2023-01-09
• It may be upper or lower — 2022-07-10
• Tried something? — 2022-03-31
• Argument — 2021-11-07
• Something that can be tried or cracked — 2021-06-20
• Cover for a smartphone — 2021-06-07
• Violin holder — 2019-05-15
• Instance — 2019-05-03
• Beer purchase — 2019-04-11
• Liquor store purchase — 2019-03-08
• Cold ___ — 2019-02-22
• Ukulele accessory — 2018-11-02
• Lawyer's assignment — 2018-09-03
• Detective's assignment — 2018-07-24
• Try this! — 2018-07-08
• Instants — 2017-10-12
• Bulk purchase — 2017-09-23
• Something to try — 2017-07-13
• Detective's assignment — 2016-06-12
• Beer purchase — 2016-03-09
• Job for a sleuth — 2016-02-15
• Nominative or accusative — 2015-12-13
• Nominative, e.g. — 2015-10-04
• Lawyer's assignment — 2015-09-14
• Each episode of "Law & Order," say — 2014-08-17
• 24 bottles of beer — 2014-07-21
• See 7-Down — 2014-03-29
• Matter of law — 2013-11-26
• Big beer buy — 2013-07-09
• See 19-Across — 2013-05-29
• Portmanteau, e.g. — 2012-10-18
• Job for the Hardy Boys — 2012-09-23
• Detective work — 2012-09-07
• "___ closed!" — 2012-05-14
• Detective's assignment — 2012-03-11
• Detective's assignment — 2011-12-26