Historical clue formulations

• Dings on a car — 2026-09-01
• Some hailstone "souvenirs" — 2025-11-28
• Jobs for body shops — 2025-11-07
• Accident reminders — 2025-03-22
• Significant impacts, so to speak — 2024-07-03
• Crash sights — 2024-04-20
• They can be tapped out — 2024-03-03
• Some surface damages — 2022-12-20
• Fender bender reminders — 2022-07-05
• Small bits of progress — 2020-05-02
• Dings — 2019-09-18
• Jobs at a body shop — 2019-02-28
• Inroads — 2016-01-09
• Bad impressions? — 2013-10-18
• Results of bumps to a bumper — 2011-08-29
• Body shop jobs — 2010-11-03
• Dings — 2010-01-08
• List in an insurance report, maybe — 2008-10-30
• Car dings — 2007-08-27
• Jobs for body shops — 2007-05-30
• Jobs for repair shops — 2005-04-25
• Auto damage — 2004-12-26
• Dings — 2004-09-19
• Auto damage — 2004-05-08
• They may be pounded out — 2003-11-22
• Nicks' cousins — 2003-07-31
• Trade-in value diminishers — 2002-08-11
• Dings — 2001-10-28
• Fender flaws — 2001-07-02
• Jobs for body shops — 1998-05-08
• Bad impressions? — 1998-02-06
• Makes an impression — 1997-11-01
• Cause for an insurance claim — 1997-01-05
• Parking lot mementos — 1994-09-28
• Body shop jobs — 1993-12-26