Historical clue formulations

• Apt letters missing from in_ _ _ _ation — 2025-11-25
• Negative impression — 2025-10-25
• Make an impression on — 2025-08-29
• Significant start — 2025-07-13
• Metaphorical bit of progress — 2025-02-09
• It's bigger than a ding — 2024-06-14
• Negative impression? — 2024-05-10
• Measurable impact, so to speak — 2024-01-07
• Bad impression? — 2023-11-29
• Bad impression? — 2023-11-12
• Fender flaw — 2023-03-14
• Beginning of a large amount of work — 2023-03-10
• Bad impression? — 2023-03-05
• Bad impression? — 2022-12-15
• Job for an auto shop — 2022-09-15
• It's more than a ding — 2022-08-02
• Depression — 2022-01-22
• Sign of progress — 2020-11-07
• Not-so-great depression — 2020-10-22
• Result of a fender bender — 2020-10-13
• Bit of progress, metaphorically — 2020-08-05
• Job for a body shop — 2020-08-04
• Nick's cousin — 2020-06-14
• Leave a bad impression? — 2020-06-12
• Parking lot souvenir — 2019-12-01
• Defect in a can — 2019-10-03
• Feature of many an old car — 2019-07-30
• Some headway — 2019-05-04
• Ding — 2019-03-14
• Blue Book value decreaser — 2018-12-09
• Bit of initial progress — 2018-10-18
• Result of going bumper to bumper? — 2018-07-03
• Bad impression? — 2017-12-29
• Bit of progress — 2017-01-29
• Ding — 2016-07-20
• Dimple — 2016-07-01
• A little progress, idiomatically — 2016-06-12
• What might result from a minor hit — 2015-11-01
• Make an impression on? — 2015-04-20
• It might be hammered out — 2014-11-20
• Impact result — 2013-12-12
• Bumper bummer — 2013-08-11
• Impression — 2013-05-12
• Dimple — 2013-01-12
• Result of a bang-up job? — 2012-12-23
• Tin can blemish — 2012-10-29
• Minor collision reminder — 2012-10-09
• Cause of a car rental surcharge — 2012-09-29
• Bit of bumper damage — 2012-04-30
• Bumper blemish — 2012-02-28