Historical clue formulations

• "___ Believer" — 2025-12-28
• "___ Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!" (long-running British reality show) — 2024-11-01
• John Denver's "Thank God ___ Country Boy" — 2024-04-14
• The Monkees' "___ Believer" — 2022-03-08
• Song lead-in to "Believer," "Loser" or "Survivor" — 2022-01-16
• The Monkees' "___ Believer" — 2021-03-08
• "___ bit confused" — 2020-03-22
• "___ Believer" — 2019-11-20
• "___ mess" — 2019-06-07
• "___ Pepper ..." (classic soda jingle) — 2019-05-05
• Lead-in to "Man," "Woman" or "Fool" in Top 40 hits — 2018-08-26
• "___ Ramblin' Man" (#1 Waylon Jennings country hit) — 2018-06-23
• "___ little confused" — 2017-09-10
• "Baby ___ Want You" (1971 hit by Bread) — 2017-03-30
• "___ Little Teapot" — 2016-10-18
• "___ mess" — 2015-09-04
• "Well, ___ monkey's uncle!" — 2015-01-29
• "___ long gone daddy in the U.S.A." (Springsteen lyric) — 2014-10-28
• "___ changed man!" — 2014-10-06
• Springsteen's "___ Rocker" — 2013-03-15
• "___-comin'!" — 2012-05-24
• Britney Spears's "___ Slave 4 U" — 2011-09-11
• The Beatles' "___ Loser" — 2011-08-02
• John Denver's "Thank God ___ Country Boy" — 2011-04-11
• "___ Gigolo" — 2010-08-18
• "___ Loser" (Beatles song) — 2010-05-31
• "___ Rocker" (Springsteen song) — 2010-04-20
• "___ Fool to Want You" — 2010-03-03
• The Beatles' "___ Loser" — 2009-12-13
• The Monkees' "___ Believer" — 2009-06-23
• "___ Man," top 10 hit of 1967 — 2008-12-04
• The Monkees' "___ Believer" — 2008-01-16
• "___ Believer" — 2007-11-07
• The Monkees' "___ Believer" — 2007-06-03
• Britney Spears's "___ Slave 4 U" — 2007-02-19
• Philanthropist Hogg — 2006-12-03
• "___ little teapot ..." — 2006-11-29
• John Denver's "Thank God ___ Country Boy" — 2006-05-11
• "Well, ___ monkey's uncle!" — 2005-12-21
• Britney Spears's "___ Slave 4 U" — 2005-07-26
• "Hallelujah, ___ Bum" (Al Jolson film) — 2005-01-22
• Opening words of "Travelin' Man" — 2004-06-05
• The Monkees' "___ Believer" — 2004-05-17
• Frank Sinatra's "___ Fool to Want You" — 2004-01-19
• "___ Woman" (Maria Muldaur hit) — 2003-11-02
• "___ Believer" — 2002-04-14
• Sammy Kaye's "___ Big Girl Now" — 2001-08-04
• "Hallelujah, ___ Bum" — 2001-05-08
• "___ Fool" (1965 hit) — 2001-04-29
• Ogden Nash's "___ Stranger Here Myself" — 2001-02-15