Historical clue formulations

• Make less tight — 2025-09-15
• Let out a notch, perhaps — 2021-10-20
• Ease up on — 2017-12-25
• Ease — 2014-10-31
• Relax — 2014-10-15
• Relax — 2012-10-31
• Ease up on — 2012-07-19
• Undo, as laces — 2009-04-13
• Relax, as rules — 2008-01-01
• Ease up — 2004-08-10
• Unbuckle — 2002-01-29
• Ease up — 2002-01-28
• Start to untie — 1999-03-29
• Relax — 1998-02-13
• Relax — 1998-01-22
• Ease — 1996-11-16
• Give some slack — 1995-03-26
• Give some slack — 1994-03-14