Historical clue formulations

• When farmers typically wake up — 2026-07-06
• Primitive — 2025-12-04
• At dawn, say — 2025-09-28
• Premature — 2025-09-16
• Word with bird or retirement — 2023-08-06
• ___ voting — 2022-06-25
• Before the due date, say — 2021-10-04
• Pre-50-Across — 2019-02-27
• At the crack of dawn, say — 2017-12-18
• Not to term — 2014-09-04
• Avoiding the rush, say — 2014-03-09
• Premature — 2014-02-10
• Late's opposite — 2014-01-13
• With 1-Down, good thing to have for a tornado — 2011-10-29
• Before dawn, say — 2011-09-07
• Premature — 2011-05-30
• Ahead of time — 2010-05-03
• Too quickly — 2009-12-19
• Before sunrise — 2008-11-27
• Jumping the gun — 2008-10-21
• Like 5:00 or 6:00 a.m., say — 2007-05-15
• At the crack of dawn — 2006-04-03
• See 51-Across — 2006-02-01
• Like some risers — 2005-04-26
• With time to spare — 2004-09-19
• Like Cro-Magnon man, to us — 2004-09-08
• Too soon — 2004-08-29
• Ahead of schedule — 2003-08-25
• Five in the morning, say — 2003-04-20
• Like some retirements — 2003-04-03
• Like the bird that catches the worm — 2002-08-19
• Before the bell — 2002-03-14
• Old — 2000-06-04
• At dawn — 2000-03-15
• Before curfew — 1999-04-04
• Jumping the gun — 1999-01-05
• Before the due date — 1997-07-14
• Premature — 1997-06-18
• Before the due date — 1997-03-03
• Primitive — 1997-03-01
• Baseball's Wynn — 1997-01-08
• At cock's crow — 1996-10-04
• Ahead of schedule — 1996-09-16
• Kind of bird — 1996-06-27
• Betimes — 1996-04-10
• Beforehand — 1995-12-19
• In the wee hours — 1995-05-28
• Civil War general, loser at Waynesboro — 1995-02-01
• Confederate general Jubal — 1994-05-05