Historical clue formulations

• Drop — 2026-08-19
• Let down — 2026-07-26
• Reduce — 2022-12-21
• Humble — 2022-02-05
• Bring down — 2020-11-15
• Bring down, as a flag — 2020-04-07
• Word before "the bar" or "the boom" — 2019-05-07
• Let down — 2014-05-27
• Less lofty — 2011-10-03
• Dim — 2009-04-03
• Toward the bottom — 2007-01-01
• ___ Slobbovia (remote locale) — 2006-11-27
• Farther down — 2002-02-04
• Humble — 1996-11-23
• Take down, as a flag — 1996-07-15
• Humble — 1995-03-22
• Look threatening — 1994-07-18
• Gorky's "The _____ Depths" — 1994-01-18