Historical clue formulations

• Top-tier group — 2026-07-20
• Upper echelon — 2026-07-15
• N.C.A.A.'s ___ Eight — 2026-03-19
• Top-tier — 2025-12-02
• Best of the best — 2025-12-01
• Like an S-Tier video game character — 2025-11-20
• Like Stanford and Harvard — 2025-10-13
• Top-tier — 2025-10-07
• Top-class — 2025-06-09
• In the 1% — 2025-02-09
• Top-tier — 2024-09-21
• All-star group — 2024-04-12
• High-class — 2024-03-07
• Top-of-the-line — 2023-12-04
• Super-selective — 2023-07-06
• ___ 8 — 2023-03-14
• Top-notch — 2023-01-21
• A-listers — 2022-11-13
• Group at the top — 2022-10-05
• At the top — 2022-05-15
• Top-shelf — 2022-04-21
• Of the highest standard — 2021-12-20
• Upper crust — 2021-11-29
• High-ranking — 2021-01-10
• Best of the best — 2020-09-14
• Superior group — 2020-08-11
• Select few — 2020-07-29
• Jet set — 2020-05-31
• Like Delta Force forces — 2020-04-15
• Top-notch — 2020-03-24
• Special — 2020-03-21
• Ins — 2020-01-26
• Crème de la crème — 2019-10-20
• Top-drawer — 2019-09-22
• ___ Eight (March Madness stage) — 2019-08-28
• Movers and shakers — 2018-05-27
• Highest-level — 2018-05-06
• Several cuts above — 2017-12-02
• Crème de la crème — 2017-04-18
• Type of type — 2017-02-15
• Privileged few — 2016-11-07
• Best of the best — 2016-10-24
• Like Navy SEALs — 2016-08-28
• Olympic-level — 2016-08-13
• Top-tier — 2016-04-06
• Like Navy SEALs — 2015-07-26
• 1%, say — 2015-05-08
• 1%-ers — 2015-02-16
• Ins — 2014-09-14
• A-list — 2014-07-27