Historical clue formulations

• Practices mise en place — 2024-03-24
• Gets ready — 2023-01-30
• Slices and dices, say — 2022-05-08
• Gets ready, as for surgery — 2021-01-18
• Scrubs up, say — 2017-11-01
• Readies for an operation — 2016-07-29
• Readies — 2015-09-11
• Readies — 2015-05-28
• Sets up, informally — 2015-05-09
• Readies — 2012-11-29
• Gets ready — 2010-01-20
• Crams, maybe — 2008-09-13
• Readies, briefly — 2007-08-08
• Gets ready — 2001-05-24
• Warms up — 2000-02-03
• Attends Exeter, e.g. — 1999-04-18
• Warm-ups — 1999-04-04