Historical clue formulations

• Group of elite colleges — 2025-08-26
• Prestigious octad — 2025-04-26
• Cornell and Columbia, for two — 2021-06-08
• Elite eight — 2021-06-02
• Frequently ranked octet — 2020-05-02
• Elite eight — 2019-12-20
• Prestigious school group — 2016-07-24
• Northeast octet — 2015-12-06
• Brown and others — 2015-06-05
• Columbia and the like — 2013-10-04
• Brown, Dartmouth, etc. — 2012-05-07
• Brown's group — 2011-03-04
• Penn and others — 2010-05-20
• Brown group — 2004-11-21
• Wall climbers — 2004-11-08
• Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc., for short — 2004-09-21
• Wallflower producers? — 2004-04-23
• Prestigious institutions — 2003-05-04
• Creepers — 2003-01-18
• Some are English — 2002-05-19
• Penn and others — 2000-05-05
• Harvard, Yale, Brown, etc. — 2000-02-29
• Wall-climbing plants — 1998-06-22
• Wall climbers — 1998-05-12
• Harvard, Yale, Brown, etc. — 1997-12-10
• Boston and Kenilworth, e.g. — 1995-07-13
• Slow climbers — 1995-06-04
• Prestigious schools — 1995-05-05
• Kenilworth and Boston, e.g. — 1995-03-10
• Creepers — 1994-10-22
• Climbing plants — 1994-09-22
• Harvard, Brown, Princeton, etc. — 1994-05-15