Historical clue formulations

• Dice peppers, e.g. — 2026-09-09
• Task for a line cook, informally — 2026-05-26
• First things first for a chef — 2026-04-22
• ___ school — 2025-11-26
• ___ school — 2025-11-04
• Word with school or cook — 2023-11-05
• ___ school — 2022-11-11
• Ready, informally — 2022-10-13
• Gear up — 2022-06-03
• Get ready for dinner — 2022-04-10
• School for the college-bound — 2022-02-27
• Get ready — 2022-02-16
• ___ course — 2021-12-26
• School for the college-bound, informally — 2021-12-10
• Ready — 2021-09-19
• Dicing onions, mincing garlic, etc. — 2021-07-22
• Get ready for a test, say — 2021-06-28
• Get ready, as for surgery — 2021-06-14
• Task for a sous-chef — 2021-06-06
• Slice and dice, say — 2021-05-16
• Get ready — 2020-12-01
• Elite sort of school, for short — 2020-11-30
• ___ school — 2020-10-23
• Dicing food or turning on the oven, e.g. — 2020-10-13
• Get ready, in brief — 2020-08-11
• Word after meal or before school — 2019-09-01
• Kitchen work before cooking — 2019-06-02
• Get-ready work — 2018-05-30
• Kind of school — 2018-05-23
• ___ school — 2018-05-18
• Prestigious school, for short — 2018-04-26
• Ready for surgery — 2018-04-24
• Get ready, casually — 2018-01-02
• Elite-type school — 2017-12-21
• Peeling potatoes or shucking corn, for short — 2014-12-24
• Some kitchen work, informally — 2014-05-08
• Test ___ — 2013-10-27
• Attend Choate, say — 2012-08-15
• Princeton Review coursework — 2012-07-03
• SAT course, e.g. — 2012-06-26
• Test ___ — 2011-07-14
• Lay the groundwork — 2011-06-19
• Test ___ — 2011-06-12
• Get ready for an exam — 2009-06-30
• ___ school — 2009-05-14
• Teacher's before-class work — 2009-03-26
• Get ready, for short — 2008-12-08
• Ready — 2008-10-02
• Get set — 2007-12-16
• Make ready, briefly — 2006-03-27