Historical clue formulations

• Follower of double or gilt — 2026-07-23
• Just beat — 2026-07-10
• Beat by just a bit — 2024-05-28
• Barely defeated — 2024-02-22
• Moved cautiously — 2023-02-26
• Sidled (along) — 2021-03-31
• Two-___ sword — 2020-09-14
• Beat out by a hair — 2020-05-03
• Beat by a hair — 2019-12-29
• Defeated, but barely — 2019-10-25
• Defeated by a hair — 2019-08-06
• Barely beat (out) — 2018-12-18
• Beat after a buzzer beater — 2018-07-15
• Sidled (along) — 2013-10-28
• Sharp-___ — 2013-01-08
• Just beat — 2012-07-18
• Barely beaten — 2011-08-22
• Double-___ — 2011-07-23
• Just beat — 2010-06-20
• Beaten (out) — 2010-04-08
• Just beat — 2007-12-26
• Beat (out) — 2007-04-12
• Barely beaten — 2006-04-18
• Barely beat — 2006-01-04
• Just beat — 2006-01-01
• Beat by one, say — 2005-05-01
• Nosed (out) — 2005-03-22
• Cutting, as a remark — 2004-05-09
• Nosed (out) — 2004-04-19
• Sharp, as a razor — 2003-06-01
• Beaten (out) — 2003-04-11
• Sharp-___ — 2001-10-13
• Sharpened — 2001-06-21
• Barely defeated — 2000-11-02
• Beat by a whisker — 1999-04-13
• Bordered — 1999-03-02
• Double-___ — 1999-01-30
• Made a border — 1997-09-15
• Put on a border — 1997-06-25
• Nosed (out) — 1997-05-22
• Beat by a nose — 1996-05-19
• Nosed (out) — 1996-01-24
• Won by a nose, with "out" — 1995-07-10