Historical clue formulations

• With 46-Across, Starbuck vis-à-vis Captain Ahab — 2026-08-05
• Winning a blue ribbon — 2026-05-11
• ___ and foremost — 2025-05-21
• Destination of a walk — 2025-02-19
• Guinness Book adjective — 2023-04-26
• Opening — 2021-08-14
• Guinness classification — 2021-06-29
• Guinness Book adjective — 2018-02-24
• Who's there — 2017-06-16
• "That's a ___!" — 2016-05-13
• Place to walk to — 2014-08-09
• What Lou Gehrig played — 2014-01-05
• Safety ___ — 2011-11-09
• Leading the pack — 2010-12-28
• Historic event — 2008-10-23
• "For starters ..." — 2008-05-14
• Leading the league — 2008-05-07
• "To begin with …" — 2005-06-05
• Guinness adjective — 2005-01-13
• In the lead — 2004-05-16
• See 53-Across — 2004-05-08
• Mark McGwire's position — 2004-01-21
• Blue-ribbon position — 2003-12-22
• Leading the pack — 2003-09-02
• Where the U.N. is in Manhattan, with 27-Across — 2001-01-11
• End of the response — 1999-10-07
• Start of many instructions — 1998-02-25
• One for the history books — 1997-11-22
• Foremost's partner — 1997-11-17
• Unprecedented — 1997-10-18
• Historic event — 1997-09-21
• Blue-ribbon — 1997-05-29
• Certain base — 1996-11-20
• Blue-ribbon position — 1996-11-04
• Blue ribbon place — 1996-09-04
• Walk destination — 1996-01-14
• With 27-Down, ground level — 1993-12-31
• Tops — 1993-12-27
• In the van — 1993-12-17