Historical clue formulations

• Gives the ax — 2025-12-29
• Gives the (pink) slip — 2025-04-20
• - — 2025-03-16
• Dumps from the payroll — 2025-01-27
• Pyromaniacs' pleasures — 2019-06-03
• Axes — 2019-05-26
• Lets go — 2018-11-30
• Shoots — 2018-11-10
• *Bygone Chryslers — 2012-05-02
• See 59-Across — 2006-08-22
• With 50-Down, tough positions for soldiers — 2006-08-22
• Pink-slips — 2004-05-03
• Forest rangers' worries — 2004-04-13
• Drops from the payroll — 2001-09-24
• Removes, in a way — 1995-02-24
• Pyromaniacs' delights — 1995-01-22