Historical clue formulations

• Sine qua non — 2026-08-28
• Hardly a luxury — 2026-08-22
• Food or water — 2026-08-02
• Require — 2026-06-15
• Must-have — 2026-03-23
• Basic ___ — 2026-03-20
• Financial aid basis — 2026-01-16
• Have to have — 2026-01-05
• Critical item — 2025-11-06
• It's not an option — 2025-09-27
• Scholarship criterion — 2025-03-30
• Require — 2025-02-09
• It's a must — 2025-01-17
• Must have — 2024-09-30
• Call for — 2024-08-25
• Call for — 2024-07-12
• ___-blind admission — 2024-06-07
• Nonnegotiable thing — 2024-05-21
• Call for — 2024-03-24
• Require — 2024-03-03
• Grant consideration, sometimes — 2024-02-28
• "___ I say more?" — 2023-12-13
• More than a want — 2023-11-02
• Desperate straits — 2023-10-26
• It's a must — 2023-10-25
• Sun, for a sunflower — 2023-08-06
• Have to have — 2023-05-30
• Cry out for — 2023-03-04
• Must-have — 2022-02-28
• Scholarship consideration — 2022-01-19
• What air is not for an anaerobe — 2021-10-15
• Have to have — 2021-09-23
• Lawyer, for a defendant, typically — 2021-09-21
• It's a must — 2021-05-19
• One might be pressing — 2020-12-11
• It's not merely a yen — 2020-10-16
• Can't live without — 2020-09-08
• Bargaining point that's nonnegotiable — 2019-12-29
• Kitchen, for a chef — 2019-08-01
• Grant factor, sometimes — 2019-05-05
• Basis of some scholarships — 2019-05-01
• Beg for — 2019-04-27
• Have (to) — 2018-10-25
• Morning coffee, for many — 2018-08-29
• Must get — 2018-06-16
• Call for — 2018-04-15
• "No ___" — 2018-04-06
• Requirement — 2018-03-19
• Grant consideration — 2018-02-17
• "No ___" ("I'm fine") — 2018-01-18