Historical clue formulations

• Cherry discards — 2026-06-30
• Worst possible circumstances, with "the" — 2025-01-17
• The stones in stone fruits — 2023-02-15
• Just awful, with "the" — 2022-11-12
• Sets (against) — 2020-10-18
• A dreadful state, with "the" — 2020-02-27
• Very bad, with "the" — 2019-06-17
• Peach stones — 2018-09-17
• Where coal miners work — 2018-07-01
• Very worst — 2018-04-08
• Fire places — 2017-10-01
• The absolute worst, with "the" — 2016-08-31
• Tire-changing spots — 2016-07-27
• Something horrible, with "the" — 2014-09-02
• Where auto racers retire? — 2014-04-27
• Places to refuel — 2007-10-10
• What 20-, 41-, and 56-Across all have — 2006-06-06
• Absolute worst — 2003-11-27
• Mining areas — 2002-05-17
• 500 places — 2001-07-08
• They may be bottomless — 2000-07-04
• Absolute worst — 2000-01-01
• Salt mines — 1999-01-15
• Absolute worst, with "the" — 1998-10-20
• Orchestra areas — 1998-04-08
• Quarries — 1997-09-12
• Worst possible situation, with "the" — 1996-10-09
• Absolute worst — 1996-08-08
• Low state, with "the" — 1996-04-11
• Quarries — 1995-10-16
• Absolute worst — 1995-10-08