Historical clue formulations

• Japanese city known for its beef — 2026-07-12
• Only player with two numbers retired by the L.A. Lakers — 2025-11-22
• City with a beef — 2021-12-22
• Kind of beef from Japan — 2021-12-14
• All-time leading scorer for the Lakers, familiarly — 2021-07-21
• Southern Japanese port city — 2020-04-06
• Kind of beef — 2018-11-22
• Recently retired Laker great, to fans — 2016-07-03
• Southern Japanese port city — 2015-06-03
• Longtime teammate of 12-Down — 2014-08-06
• ___ beef — 2013-07-10
• Laker legend Bryant — 2013-06-26
• Kind of beef — 2013-06-07
• 2007-08 N.B.A. M.V.P., to fans — 2013-02-20
• Bryant of the 35-Across — 2012-10-16
• Japanese port — 2011-05-06
• Japanese port — 2011-02-13
• Japanese beef center — 2010-06-02
• Japanese port — 2009-10-08
• Kind of beef — 2008-01-27
• Asian city heavily bombed during W.W. II — 2006-11-18
• City near Osaka — 2004-01-05
• Teammate of 55-Down — 2002-04-27
• Hoopster Bryant — 2002-01-30
• Port on Osaka Bay — 2001-01-02
• 1995 earthquake site — 1998-11-08
• Japanese seaport — 1997-09-04
• 1995 earthquake site — 1996-11-06
• 1995 earthquake site — 1996-01-10
• Honshu city — 1995-01-14