Historical clue formulations

• It has eight players — 2026-02-20
• The planets in our solar system, e.g. — 2026-01-25
• Bits in a byte, e.g. — 2026-01-23
• The planets, since 2006 — 2025-08-08
• Scorpion's legs, e.g. — 2025-07-25
• Large wedding band, say — 2024-09-12
• Set of white pawns in chess, e.g. — 2024-08-20
• Ensemble of eight — 2024-07-09
• Hot dog buns in a pack, often — 2024-07-06
• Large combo — 2024-03-29
• Four duos — 2024-01-30
• Four + four — 2023-03-11
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, e.g. — 2023-03-09
• Duo times four — 2022-09-27
• The Ivy League schools, e.g. — 2022-02-09
• Good-sized wedding band — 2020-05-17
• Maids a-milking, e.g. — 2020-03-24
• Largish jazz combo — 2020-02-04
• Pack of hot dog buns, e.g. — 2019-11-09
• Groups in the quarterfinals, e.g. — 2019-06-30
• Large chamber music group — 2018-01-03
• Santa's reindeer, e.g. — 2017-11-05
• Square dance group, e.g. — 2017-05-21
• Good-sized combo — 2016-06-17
• Singing eightsome — 2016-02-08
• Eightsome — 2016-01-21
• Group of eight — 2016-01-04
• Little big band, maybe — 2015-05-27
• Duo quadrupled — 2015-05-18
• Largish band — 2015-04-10
• The electrons of oxygen, e.g. — 2015-01-30
• Square dance group, e.g. — 2014-12-08
• The black pawns, e.g. — 2014-09-10
• Square dance group, e.g. — 2013-08-14
• Eightsome — 2013-04-08
• Certain chamber piece — 2010-12-25
• Maids a-milking in a Christmas song, e.g. — 2010-03-21
• Quarterfinals qualifiers, e.g. — 2010-03-17
• Eight-piece band — 2008-08-25
• Group of eight musicians — 2008-03-31
• Certain chamber group — 2008-03-23
• Wedding band, maybe — 2008-03-04
• Four duos — 2008-01-15
• Largish combo — 2007-10-16
• String ensemble, maybe — 2007-02-15
• Wedding band, maybe — 2006-12-10
• Santa's reindeer, minus Rudolph — 2006-09-18
• Duo times four — 2006-08-28
• String group, maybe — 2006-07-30
• Group of eight — 2006-06-19