Historical clue formulations

• Big bust — 2025-08-29
• Flop — 2025-06-08
• Bust — 2024-06-30
• Total nothing — 2023-06-17
• Fizzling firework — 2022-04-12
• Lemon or turkey — 2021-10-14
• Letdown at a fireworks show — 2021-08-05
• Total flop — 2021-07-19
• Effort that goes "Pfft!" — 2020-11-24
• Wet firecracker, e.g. — 2019-12-15
• Bust — 2019-09-07
• Firecracker that doesn't go off — 2019-07-03
• Milk ___ — 2018-10-18
• Stinkeroo — 2018-05-24
• Fizzler — 2018-04-08
• Firecracker that goes pfft — 2017-09-05
• The occasional firework — 2016-03-17
• It never goes off — 2015-10-25
• Defective firecracker — 2015-04-06
• Fizzler — 2015-01-10
• Failure — 2013-05-20
• One not going out with a bang? — 2012-07-07
• Fizzler — 2011-05-08
• Turkey — 2010-09-23
• Firecracker that fizzles — 2010-08-16
• Turkey — 2009-01-07
• Bomb not bursting in air? — 2007-10-06
• Flop — 2007-04-05
• It doesn't go off well — 2006-06-23
• Turkey — 2006-02-25
• Broadway nightmare — 2005-11-30
• Fizzle — 2005-10-14
• Clinker — 2005-03-12
• Fizzler — 2004-04-13
• Clunker — 2004-01-17
• It fizzles — 2003-03-17
• Washout — 2002-12-01
• Flop — 2002-06-23
• Bad firecracker — 2002-05-20
• Turkey — 2002-02-21
• Fizzler — 2001-08-07
• Flop — 2001-02-22
• Turkey — 2001-02-04
• Flop — 1999-12-21
• Fizzle — 1998-10-25
• Washout — 1998-01-16
• Bomb — 1996-09-22
• Bomb of a bomb — 1996-04-03
• Failure — 1994-12-16
• Defective missile — 1994-11-14