Historical clue formulations

• Gauge earrings — 2024-04-26
• Good words, so to speak — 2024-02-09
• Advertises — 2015-06-26
• Toupee alternative — 2013-10-02
• Cord ends — 2010-04-21
• Power connectors, or a way to describe 17-, 22-, 55- and 61-Across — 2008-12-24
• Promotes — 2005-06-16
• Engine sparkers — 1995-02-10
• Stoppers — 1994-07-18