Historical clue formulations

• Mentally worn out — 2022-03-12
• Having very little mental energy left — 2021-08-29
• Like calamari ... or overloaded circuitry — 2020-12-14
• Mentally wiped — 2018-04-29
• 1991 film with the tagline "The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce" — 2016-06-19
• Like much state fair fare — 2016-05-25
• Mentally pooped — 2015-06-24
• Didn't use a high enough 45-Across, maybe — 2012-02-17
• Burned out — 2012-02-04
• Pickled — 2005-10-15
• Blotto — 2001-06-30
• Overexposed to the sun — 1997-03-30