Historical clue formulations

• Daily ___ — 2026-05-15
• Arduous routine — 2026-02-11
• Do a millworker or barista's job, maybe — 2025-03-30
• Drudgery — 2023-01-21
• 9-to-5 work — 2020-05-13
• Tedious work — 2020-04-04
• Daily monotony — 2019-08-08
• Prepare, as coffee beans — 2015-03-23
• Monotonous routine — 2013-08-18
• Tedious work — 2011-11-25
• Rat race — 2007-09-02
• Rat race — 2001-03-03
• Tough job — 2000-11-05
• The old nine-to-five — 1998-08-27
• Use a whetstone — 1994-11-16
• Nine-to-five routine — 1994-03-07