Historical clue formulations

• Dour — 2026-07-30
• Mirthless — 2025-10-10
• Gloomy, as news — 2025-03-17
• Godawful — 2023-10-20
• Ominous — 2022-11-18
• Not looking good — 2022-08-07
• Worrisome, as news — 2021-04-05
• Not looking good at all — 2016-11-30
• Not looking good — 2015-12-03
• On the dark side — 2015-09-18
• Bad — 2015-03-27
• Serious-looking — 2013-02-11
• Gloomy — 2008-02-28
• Hardly rosy — 2007-03-28
• Unsmiling — 2006-03-05
• Bad, as a prognosis — 2004-07-05
• Hardly rosy — 2002-10-02
• Dismal — 2001-10-22
• Bleak — 1998-03-02
• Like bad news — 1996-05-15