Historical clue formulations

• Operate on using a beam — 2026-07-06
• Produce coherent light — 2026-03-31
• Zap, in a way — 2025-08-18
• Lightly cut? — 2025-04-19
• Do some light work? — 2025-01-10
• Do some light work on? — 2024-03-31
• Hit light-ly? — 2023-05-25
• Zap, as a cornea — 2022-10-31
• Blast with a beam of photons — 2022-05-04
• Use a beam on, as for cutting — 2022-04-20
• Zap with a light beam — 2021-01-25
• Hit with a beam, maybe — 2020-11-29
• Operate on with a beam — 2020-04-04
• Zap, in a way — 2019-11-28
• Zap lightly — 2019-04-27
• Beam at? — 2018-12-29
• Zap, in a way — 2018-01-17
• Cut with a beam — 2017-03-07
• Cut lightly? — 2015-10-10
• Cut with a ray — 2014-08-26
• Give off coherent light — 2014-02-23
• Zap with light — 2013-12-10
• Use a surgical beam on — 2013-09-03
• Do surgery on with a beam — 2013-01-07
• Do some high-tech surgery on — 2011-03-01
• Correct with surgery, maybe, as the eye — 2010-06-10
• Perform high-tech surgery on — 2009-06-28
• Reshape a cornea, say — 2008-11-16
• Use a surgical beam — 2006-01-22
• Do some modern surgery — 2005-09-18
• Beam intensely — 2005-09-15
• Use a surgical beam — 2003-10-26
• Perform high-tech surgery — 2003-07-13
• Do some high-tech surgery — 2002-09-22
• Work like a certain medical device — 2001-05-04
• Beam intensely — 1998-08-21
• Give off intense light — 1998-02-22
• Function as a medical device — 1997-06-18
• Emit coherent light — 1997-02-24
• Shoot a light gun — 1996-06-12
• Emit coherent light — 1994-12-04