Historical clue formulations

• Refusing to answer directly — 2020-03-15
• Like someone who answers a question with a question — 2020-02-21
• Not to the point, say — 2009-09-03
• Slippery — 2008-04-24
• Slippery — 2005-09-24
• Shifty — 2005-08-15
• Hard to pin down — 2004-01-28
• Like some military maneuvers — 1998-10-23
• Equivocating — 1995-10-08