Historical clue formulations

• Patronizes, as a restaurant — 2026-01-21
• Rankles no end — 2025-08-07
• Is distressing to — 2024-12-16
• Bugs — 2022-05-15
• Bugs — 2022-02-20
• Worries no end — 2017-10-01
• Bothers no end — 2016-01-20
• Really rankles — 2015-04-23
• Bothers — 2015-03-15
• Distresses — 2014-05-31
• Destroys insidiously — 2014-04-18
• Persistently aggravates — 2013-02-25
• Worries — 2011-09-23
• Torments — 2011-08-03
• Annoys incessantly — 2010-07-06
• Gradually destroys — 2010-05-15
• Bothers no end — 2009-06-17
• Bothers — 2006-07-15
• Really bothers — 2006-05-16
• Patronizes, as a restaurant — 2005-01-20
• Irks — 2002-08-01
• Bothers greatly — 2002-01-21
• Bugs — 2000-09-17
• Bothers incessantly — 1999-09-15
• Worries — 1999-04-04
• Vexes — 1998-01-10
• Frequents, in a way — 1997-05-24