Historical clue formulations

• Needing more salt, perhaps — 2025-08-21
• Slicker, as a winter road — 2025-01-21
• Less friendly — 2024-09-15
• Less emotional — 2024-06-23
• Less welcoming — 2024-05-02
• More slippery, in a way — 2024-01-02
• Less welcoming — 2023-12-31
• Less welcoming — 2022-04-18
• Less sympathetic — 2022-02-24
• Less cordial — 2021-09-07
• Less friendly — 2020-12-06
• More dangerous to drive on, in a way — 2020-11-29
• Slicker, as winter highways — 2020-11-16
• More standoffish — 2019-10-16
• Less welcoming — 2019-02-10
• More aloof — 2019-01-20
• Not so cordial — 2018-09-19
• Not as welcoming — 2017-11-17
• Less friendly — 2017-11-05
• Less genial — 2017-05-27
• Less welcoming — 2017-05-25
• Like the Arctic Ocean vis-à-vis the Atlantic — 2016-08-27
• More dangerous in the winter, say — 2016-06-12
• More hazardous, as winter driving conditions — 2015-06-23
• More slick, in a way — 2014-09-14
• *Less welcoming — 2014-02-18
• More remote — 2012-10-20
• Less friendly — 2012-05-07
• Slicker, in a way — 2010-06-06
• Less welcoming — 2010-04-29
• Far less friendly — 2010-02-15
• Slicker, in a way — 2010-02-07
• Less approachable — 2010-02-06
• Not so welcoming — 2009-11-06
• Less receptive — 2009-09-23
• More standoffish — 2009-09-22
• Not so congenial — 2009-07-06
• Relatively remote — 2009-04-11
• Less cordial — 2008-12-08
• Less welcoming — 2008-10-05
• More aloof — 2008-08-10
• More likely to cause slipping — 2008-07-17
• Not so friendly — 2008-02-17
• More remote — 2007-02-08
• More treacherous in the winter — 2006-12-14
• Not so genial — 2006-12-05
• More aloof — 2006-04-12
• Not so congenial — 2005-04-27
• Not nearly as emotional — 2005-01-16
• Not so cordial — 2004-09-28