Historical clue formulations

• Ballade or étude — 2026-01-09
• – — 2025-04-24
• Jigsaw puzzle element — 2025-03-03
• Share — 2024-06-16
• King, queen or rook — 2023-12-12
• Jigsaw item — 2022-10-25
• Work of art — 2021-10-20
• It's not the whole thing — 2021-07-18
• Queen or king, e.g. — 2019-10-03
• One-___ (modest bathing attire) — 2019-06-26
• King or queen — 2019-01-19
• 5-Across unit — 2018-07-13
• Component — 2018-01-21
• Firearm, slangily — 2016-04-12
• Gun, slangily — 2016-01-19
• Musical composition — 2015-02-25
• King or queen — 2014-09-25
• Gun, in slang — 2012-08-07
• Jigsaw puzzle element — 2010-05-11
• Rod — 2008-08-29
• Not the whole thing — 2008-04-23
• Gat — 2008-02-24
• Chessman — 2006-05-09
• Jigsaw puzzle element — 2005-03-28
• Saturday night special — 2004-11-14
• Quilt patch — 2003-08-23
• Heat unit? — 2002-04-27
• Jigsaw element — 2001-09-18
• Jigsaw puzzle unit — 2001-06-25
• Allotment — 2000-09-01
• Factor — 2000-08-02
• Chessman — 1998-02-16
• "Now for the___de resistance" — 1996-06-11
• Slice — 1995-02-12