Historical clue formulations

• Rip-___ (awful deals) — 2026-05-26
• Drop-___ — 2026-03-27
• Send-___ (farewells) — 2025-10-27
• Does in, in mob slang — 2024-09-02
• Slays — 2024-06-26
• Exterminates — 2023-01-18
• Takes care of for the family? — 2022-10-07
• Does a hit on — 2022-07-07
• Gets rid of, so to speak — 2021-07-14
• Slays, in gang talk — 2021-02-09
• Does a hit on — 2019-12-18
• Takes out — 2019-07-11
• Murders, mob-style — 2018-05-14
• Does in, in mob slang — 2018-03-26
• Whacks — 2016-08-21
• Takes out — 2016-04-02
• Does in — 2015-11-01
• Slays, informally — 2015-09-20
• Whacks — 2014-08-10
• Does a mob hit on — 2014-07-29
• Does away with — 2014-06-01
• Does in — 2013-03-12
• Wastes — 2012-07-06
• Wastes — 2009-03-20
• Wastes — 2008-11-18
• Does in — 2008-03-05
• Wastes — 2007-06-03
• Whacks — 2006-04-01
• Eliminates, gangster-style — 2006-02-23
• Switch positions — 2004-09-09
• Ices — 2002-09-19
• Takes out, so to speak — 2002-08-16
• Ices — 2002-01-27
• Does in — 2001-10-07
• Kills, in slang — 2001-04-22
• Kills, in mob slang — 2001-03-19
• Rubs out — 2001-02-11
• Rubs out — 1999-12-29
• Murders, slangily — 1998-08-10
• Murders, mob-style — 1998-02-09
• Slays, in slang — 1997-08-28
• Switch settings — 1997-07-23
• Liquidates, so to speak — 1996-08-30
• Switch settings — 1996-06-26
• Rubs out — 1996-05-22
• Liquidates — 1996-01-30
• Wastes, in mob slang — 1995-12-11
• Many buttons — 1995-06-04
• Rubs out — 1995-05-19
• Switch settings — 1993-12-14