Historical clue formulations

• Tart or torte — 2025-06-29
• Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table" — 2025-03-02
• You might leave room for it — 2024-06-25
• Part of a meal that the British call "afters" — 2020-06-16
• "Life is short -- eat ___ first" — 2019-02-19
• Napoleon, for one — 2018-12-14
• Order that's rarely followed? — 2016-09-02
• Calorie counter's temptation — 2016-06-19
• Final order of things? — 2016-06-10
• Back-page menu item, maybe — 2015-10-20
• Final order — 2014-06-12
• Pudding or pie — 2013-10-07
• See 17-Across — 2010-10-28
• There's sometimes no room for it — 2009-03-28
• Something a loser may skip — 2007-04-28
• Ice, e.g. — 2006-11-11
• Split, e.g. — 2005-08-11
• A sweet finish — 2005-05-03
• What a loser may skip — 2004-05-08
• Feast finale — 2001-06-12
• You may not have room for it — 2000-09-16
• Check preceder? — 1999-07-03
• Tapioca pudding, e.g. — 1998-03-16
• Calorie-crammed course — 1998-03-15
• Final order — 1997-12-27
• Charlotte russe, for one — 1997-11-19
• Last course — 1997-05-06
• Finisher of a sort — 1995-09-10
• Piece of cake, maybe — 1994-04-17
• Finishing order — 1994-02-13