Historical clue formulations

• More warm, in a way — 2020-10-09
• Not so far — 2018-12-30
• "___, My God, to Thee" (hymn) — 2018-12-02
• More proximate — 2018-01-15
• Like Mars vis-à-vis Jupiter — 2017-05-27
• Warmer, in a way — 2016-04-16
• More likely to encounter — 2013-04-06
• "___ in bloody thoughts, but not in blood": Richard III — 2010-02-20
• Occurring relatively soon — 2010-01-21
• Comparatively close — 2005-12-20
• More to the point? — 2003-09-10
• More likely to bump into — 2003-03-14
• Not so remote — 2003-01-01
• "___, My God, to Thee" — 1999-12-06
• More handy — 1999-06-11
• More contiguous — 1998-10-24
• Warmer, in a way — 1998-05-29
• More imminent — 1997-07-15
• More on target — 1996-10-25
• More imminent — 1996-05-12
• Start of a well-known hymn — 1995-06-25