Historical clue formulations

• — — 2026-09-17
• Important — 2026-09-05
• Map legend — 2026-07-05
• One of 88 on a piano — 2026-04-06
• F sharp major, for one — 2026-03-30
• Word with shift or skeleton — 2026-03-10
• Most important part — 2026-02-27
• Mission-critical — 2025-07-08
• Map inset — 2025-05-17
• Item accompanying a diary, perhaps — 2025-03-07
• What context is, in a saying — 2024-05-19
• It's got all the answers — 2023-12-31
• Middle C, e.g. — 2023-12-21
• Critical — 2023-04-26
• Critically important — 2023-04-19
• Shift or Enter — 2023-02-22
• Anthem lyricist with a musical name — 2023-02-21
• Enter, for one — 2022-11-10
• It jingles on a janitor's ring — 2022-11-08
• It has all the answers — 2022-10-11
• Development in cryptography — 2022-09-11
• Item that might be hidden under a front door mat — 2022-08-16
• Partner of 53-Down — 2022-06-04
• Piano part — 2022-05-16
• Very important — 2022-04-24
• Type (in) — 2021-09-29
• Score specification — 2021-09-16
• See 7-Down — 2021-07-03
• *Pennsylvania state symbol — 2021-06-02
• Symbol of ownership — 2021-05-04
• Crucial — 2021-04-04
• Aid for a decoder — 2020-07-29
• Crucial — 2020-02-27
• Word after skeleton or answer — 2019-11-25
• Critically important — 2019-08-13
• Code breaker — 2018-05-14
• Crucial — 2018-04-03
• C major, for one — 2018-03-14
• Anthem writer Francis Scott ___ — 2017-11-20
• Hotel desk handout — 2017-10-25
• Caps Lock, e.g. — 2017-05-24
• Manual opener — 2017-04-27
• Item that might be fervently wanted by a prisoner — 2017-01-31
• Gift in a relationship that's getting serious, maybe — 2016-08-23
• See 65-Down — 2016-07-13
• C minor, for Beethoven's Fifth — 2016-02-22
• C minor, for Beethoven's Fifth — 2015-11-30
• "The Star-Spangled Banner" writer — 2015-10-28
• Cipher creator's need — 2015-10-21
• Item on a custodian's ring — 2015-08-03