Historical clue formulations

• Quaint lead-in to while — 2026-05-12
• Once, once — 2025-06-18
• Lead-in to while — 2025-06-14
• Once, old-style — 2024-12-01
• Formerly, in the past — 2024-07-27
• Quaint lead-in to while — 2024-04-01
• Once, once — 2023-07-17
• Once, once — 2022-07-30
• Formerly, once — 2022-03-03
• Long ago, long ago — 2021-08-28
• Lead-in to while — 2020-05-17
• Formerly, once — 2019-02-10
• Once, back in the day — 2018-12-24
• Formerly, in old times — 2017-05-03
• German for "first" — 2017-04-02
• Once, at one time — 2017-01-29
• Previously, previously — 2017-01-04
• Once, in olden days — 2016-10-25
• Back when, long ago — 2016-09-28
• Whilom — 2016-06-23
• Way back then, way back when — 2016-06-11
• Once, once — 2016-04-05
• At one time, once — 2016-02-18
• Long ago, long ago — 2015-12-01
• Lead-in to while — 2015-08-27
• Formerly, once — 2015-07-15
• Once, old-style — 2015-05-24
• Once, quaintly — 2014-08-27
• Formerly, once — 2014-07-13
• Beginner for a while? — 2014-07-06
• Formerly, in the past — 2014-07-01
• Formerly, old-style — 2014-03-28
• Lead-in to while — 2014-02-09
• Long ago, once — 2014-01-14
• Lead-in to while — 2013-12-22
• Previously, in old usage — 2013-09-30
• Once, old-style — 2013-09-24
• While preceder — 2013-09-03
• Once, in former times — 2013-04-22
• At one time in the past? — 2013-03-30
• Aforetime — 2013-02-22
• "... which ___ from heat did canopy the herd": Shak. — 2013-01-18
• In the past, once — 2011-11-06
• Formerly, once — 2011-09-13
• Previously archaic? — 2011-07-23
• Once, a long time ago — 2011-04-10
• In the past, once — 2011-02-20
• "The even mead, that ___ brought sweetly forth ...": "Henry V" — 2011-02-11
• Formerly, in olden days — 2011-01-11
• Once, old-style — 2010-12-21