Historical clue formulations

• Work, as a joke — 2026-08-29
• Come down to earth — 2026-08-17
• "Buy ___. They're not making it anymore" (old saying) — 2026-05-21
• Earth — 2026-04-26
• Makeup of a plot — 2026-03-07
• Finish a flight — 2025-10-01
• Succeed, as a joke — 2025-06-15
• Turf — 2025-05-09
• Sighting from the crow's nest — 2024-12-20
• Secure — 2024-03-08
• Meaning of the Persian suffix "-stan" — 2023-07-21
• Secure, as an interview — 2023-06-29
• Acquire, as a job — 2022-06-20
• Come on down! — 2022-04-24
• With 60-Across, ones whose livelihoods are derived from agriculture or forestry work — 2020-07-30
• Sighting from a crow's-nest — 2020-07-16
• Secure — 2020-05-09
• Developer's purchase — 2019-08-01
• Touch down — 2019-06-10
• Domain of the Queen of Hearts — 2019-06-05
• Hit the tarmac, e.g. — 2019-01-14
• International treaty subject — 2018-11-03
• See 53-Down — 2017-09-11
• Come to earth — 2017-02-14
• Word that fills both blanks in "This ___ is your ___" — 2016-10-31
• End of many country names — 2016-04-24
• Deliver, as a punch — 2014-10-19
• Reel in — 2014-02-20
• Make a touchdown — 2013-11-16
• Secure, as a contract — 2013-10-31
• Alight — 2013-06-18
• Hit the dirt? — 2012-09-21
• Bring in, as a big client — 2012-07-22
• Often-flooded locale — 2011-12-15
• Touch down — 2010-11-09
• Real estate — 2010-03-29
• Come to earth — 2008-05-20
• Come to shore — 2007-11-05
• Arrive — 2007-10-14
• Reel in — 2007-09-18
• Crow's-nest sighting — 2007-09-09
• Set down — 2006-07-21
• Touch down — 2006-04-12
• Arrive at the airport — 2004-08-08
• Domain — 2004-03-18
• Touch the tarmac — 2003-04-29
• It's touched in a touchdown — 2003-01-24
• Capture — 2002-11-01
• See 39-Across — 2002-10-03
• Come down — 2002-05-28