Historical clue formulations

• Eat, as cattle might — 2026-07-06
• Eat a little here, a little there — 2018-04-22
• Subsist on field rations? — 2013-10-04
• Scratch the surface of, maybe — 2013-04-07
• 8-Down, as grass — 2001-09-12
• Nick — 2000-03-19
• Nibble — 1997-06-26
• Just touch — 1996-12-29