Historical clue formulations

• Score somewhat akin to an A- — 2026-08-07
• SCOTUS head count — 2026-06-26
• Number of digits in a Social Security number — 2026-06-23
• Number in a nonet — 2026-06-08
• Midmorning hour — 2026-03-25
• What shares a key with "(" on a keyboard — 2025-12-16
• Number of Academy Award nominations for Best Actor received by Laurence Olivier — 2025-11-22
• Beginning of every Washington State ZIP code — 2025-09-25
• Three squared — 2025-09-15
• Cloud ___ (blissful spot, in an idiom) — 2025-07-28
• Neighbor of "#" on a telephone keypad — 2025-06-05
• Thrice three — 2025-03-31
• Number of countries whose names both start and end with "A" — 2025-01-31
• Number of planets before Pluto was demoted — 2024-12-30
• – — 2024-03-03
• Court count — 2023-07-02
• This clue's number divided by three — 2023-05-01
• Digit that looks like another digit when turned upside down — 2023-03-13
• Number of worlds in Norse myth — 2023-02-26
• ___-Down (what this is) — 2023-01-29
• Symbol of longevity in Chinese numerology — 2022-08-21
• What all Alaska ZIP codes start with — 2022-07-05
• Ball with a yellow stripe — 2021-09-11
• The sum of the digits of any multiple of ___ is a multiple of ___ (arithmetic curiosity) — 2021-08-23
• 16-Across squared — 2021-08-20
• Point value commonly assigned to a queen in chess — 2021-07-01
• When the first "Peanuts" comic appeared — 2021-05-16
• Number that, in Chinese languages, is a homophone for "longevity," and is thus considered good luck — 2021-04-28
• Start of every California ZIP code — 2021-04-19
• Yellow-striped ball — 2021-04-16
• Number of M.V.P. awards won by Wayne Gretzky — 2021-02-10
• Score for a bull's-eye in archery — 2021-02-09
• Tony-winning musical based on Fellini's "8 1/2" — 2020-12-01
• ___ lives — 2020-11-20
• CB channel for emergency use — 2020-08-08
• Value not appearing on any Scrabble tile — 2019-11-01
• Number of worlds connected by Yggdrasil in Norse myth — 2019-09-05
• See 26-Down — 2019-04-22
• Highest hand value in baccarat — 2019-03-17
• Small square — 2019-02-09
• Number of batters in a lineup — 2019-01-01
• Soccer striker's jersey number, traditionally — 2018-10-04
• Highest score in baccarat — 2018-06-16
• Fluorine's atomic number — 2018-05-06
• CB radio emergency channel — 2018-04-07
• This puzzle's theme — 2017-12-20
• Square after four — 2017-12-13
• Square after four — 2017-11-29
• Highest score in baccarat — 2017-06-11
• Highest figure in sudoku — 2017-05-30