Historical clue formulations

• Welcome sight in musical chairs — 2026-04-16
• Midcruise milieu — 2021-11-05
• Expanse far from ports — 2019-06-05
• Area far from port — 2017-07-16
• Deep — 2015-10-10
• Setting for most of "Moby-Dick" — 2015-01-25
• It's far from shore — 2012-04-19
• Far-out locale — 2011-12-03
• Porthole view — 2007-09-07
• Briny expanse — 2005-01-20
• Place for 18-Across — 2004-12-11
• It's beyond the three-mile limit — 2003-10-24
• Where pirates prey — 2003-02-23
• Where fleets sail — 2002-07-11
• It's far out — 2000-08-06
• Earth, for the most part — 2000-06-04
• View from the QE2 — 1998-10-09
• Where to find clear sailing — 1998-08-12
• It's beyond the harbor — 1995-11-22
• The briny — 1995-02-24