Historical clue formulations

• Golfer Els — 2026-08-24
• He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie" — 2025-12-14
• Bert's roommate — 2025-11-04
• Bert's best buddy — 2025-09-14
• First Muppet to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 — 2025-06-07
• One of a pair of mismatched friends on "Sesame Street" — 2024-12-05
• Hudson of the "Ghostbusters" movies — 2024-09-15
• Muppet with a distinctive snickering laugh — 2024-07-18
• Coach's first name on "Cheers" — 2024-06-01
• "Dance Myself to Sleep" singer on "Sesame Street" (watch the video on YouTube!) — 2023-09-24
• Half of a Muppet duo — 2023-09-17
• Saxophone-playing Muppet — 2023-05-25
• Muppet who loves his rubber duckie — 2023-01-02
• Shorter roommate of 14-Across — 2022-02-20
• Bert's buddy on "Sesame Street" — 2022-01-25
• Hall-of-Famer Banks a.k.a. "Mr. Cub" — 2020-10-26
• Muppet wearing a horizontally striped shirt — 2020-05-17
• "Rubber Duckie" singer on "Sesame Street" — 2020-03-17
• Famed orange troublemaker — 2019-08-25
• Orange half of an iconic duo — 2019-07-19
• Orange Muppet — 2019-01-29
• "Sesame Street" figure — 2018-09-23
• Naïvely optimistic Muppet — 2018-09-19
• Ford in the Country Music Hall of Fame — 2018-06-30
• "Sesame Street" character long rumored to be Bert's lover — 2018-01-22
• With 25-Down, 2012 British Open winner — 2017-12-19
• Banks of Chicago — 2017-10-11
• Singer of a famous bath time song — 2017-07-23
• Bert's pal on "Sesame Street" — 2017-06-12
• Sportscaster Johnson — 2017-04-02
• Muppet who co-hosted "The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland" — 2016-11-29
• Muppet with a "rubber duckie" — 2016-09-11
• Children's TV character with a fondness for baths — 2016-08-04
• Comedian Kovacs with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — 2016-08-03
• Bert's pal — 2016-07-19
• "It's a Wonderful Life" role — 2016-04-10
• "Journey to ___," recurring segment on "Sesame Street" — 2016-03-06
• Bert's bud on "Sesame Street" — 2015-10-19
• Bath-loving TV character — 2015-06-21
• Orange Muppet — 2015-06-16
• Cartoonist Bushmiller who created "Nancy" — 2015-06-11
• Resident of 123 Sesame Street — 2015-04-29
• Kovacs of comedy — 2014-08-24
• Journalist Pyle — 2014-06-15
• Children's character originally voiced by Jim Henson — 2014-05-15
• He sings "Rubber Duckie, you're the one / You make bath time lots of fun" — 2014-04-22
• Cubs legend Banks — 2014-04-21
• Half of a TV duo — 2013-06-08
• Bert's "Sesame Street" pal — 2013-03-25
• "It's a Wonderful Life" cabdriver — 2013-03-17