Historical clue formulations

• Either of two wisecracking film critics in "Mystery Science Theater 3000" — 2024-12-01
• Metal worker? — 2024-04-03
• What a captcha tries to detect — 2023-03-22
• "I'm not a ___" (online confirmation) — 2022-10-14
• One might develop consciousness in a sci-fi story — 2022-08-28
• Herky-jerky dance, with "the" — 2022-07-20
• Costume that might start with a cardboard box — 2022-05-13
• Roomba or Automower — 2022-04-18
• Member of the modern work force — 2021-12-26
• "Person" that speaks in beeps and boops — 2020-12-07
• Unpaid factory worker — 2019-06-18
• Many an Amazon "worker" — 2018-08-22
• One who acts without thinking — 2018-05-19
• Roomba, for one — 2017-06-08
• Tireless worker? — 2015-01-20
• Bomb squad member — 2014-10-01
• Metal worker? — 2014-07-06
• Mechanical man — 2014-02-03
• Man of steel? — 2013-08-12
• Rosie of "The Jetsons," for one — 2013-06-04
• Man of steel? — 2011-09-10
• Steel worker? — 2010-07-02
• Unthinking servant — 2010-01-27
• C-3PO or R2-D2 — 2009-12-07
• Worker that never gets tired — 2008-10-24
• Unpaid factory worker — 2008-09-24
• Bomb defuser, maybe — 2007-04-11
• Mechanical man — 2006-11-20
• Modern assembly line worker — 2006-10-16
• Steady worker — 2006-07-29
• Iron man? — 2006-07-09
• Assembly line fixture — 2006-04-26
• One with abs of steel? — 2005-08-28
• Unpaid servant — 2004-02-19
• Modern factory sight — 2003-01-19
• Deep-sea explorer, at times — 2002-07-28
• Iron man? — 2001-12-26
• Bomb squad worker — 2001-01-24
• Iron man? — 2000-10-22
• Brainless one — 2000-07-03
• Man of steel? — 2000-03-23
• Hardly a symbol of spontaneity — 1999-10-17
• NASA exploring tool — 1999-10-14
• Mechanical man — 1999-10-11
• Metalhead? — 1999-08-14
• Uncomplaining servant — 1999-03-02
• Martian explorer, e.g. — 1999-02-17
• Futuristic slave — 1998-12-15
• "Lost in Space" figure — 1998-06-03
• Kind of bomb — 1997-07-30