Historical clue formulations

• Lead-in to field or fifties — 2026-08-28
• Just OK, in modern lingo — 2026-07-31
• So-so, in modern slang — 2025-11-17
• Prefix with point — 2025-09-13
• Prefix with way or wife — 2025-02-24
• Mediocre, in modern slang — 2024-09-07
• Lead-in to wife or life — 2023-10-29
• Lead-in to town or term — 2023-09-16
• Lead-in to air or Atlantic — 2023-04-23
• Prefix with section — 2023-03-11
• Prefix with week or wife — 2022-09-23
• Prefix with century or sentence — 2022-06-01
• Prefix with night or day — 2022-05-07
• Prefix with day or night — 2021-08-11
• Lead-in to night or day — 2021-08-06
• Prefix with century — 2021-02-26
• Prefix with afternoon — 2020-12-02
• Lead-in to sentence or section — 2020-07-18
• In the center of — 2020-04-03
• Central — 2019-06-29
• Prefix with air or afternoon — 2019-06-24
• Central — 2018-01-30
• Prefix with life or wife — 2018-01-22
• Prefix with summer — 2017-10-11
• Western leader? — 2015-01-16
• Century starter? — 2014-04-11
• Prefix with century — 2013-11-21
• Prefix with Atlantic — 2013-11-18
• Prefix with day or night — 2012-04-02
• Prefix with life or size — 2011-07-06
• Prefix with air or field — 2010-09-03
• Morning or night lead-in — 2009-06-19
• Term opener? — 2009-05-24
• Season opener? — 2008-12-23
• Neither high nor low — 2008-11-21
• Day or night lead-in — 2008-08-02
• Prefix with afternoon — 2007-06-05
• With 1-Across, mutual fund category — 2006-03-31
• Air or field starter — 2005-09-11
• 50-Down: Prefix — 2005-08-14
• Central — 2005-02-08
• ___-Atlantic — 2004-02-10
• Prefix with day or night — 2003-11-13
• Prefix with course — 2003-07-05
• Near the center of — 2003-07-02
• Central — 2003-04-16
• Central — 2003-03-02
• Prefix with night or day — 2002-12-24
• ___-Atlantic — 2002-11-06
• Not pre- or post- — 2002-02-19