Historical clue formulations

• Like many a rom-com or maple tree — 2022-11-16
• Overly sentimental — 2020-04-12
• Foolish — 2017-03-17
• Overly sentimental — 2016-11-23
• Too sentimental — 2015-02-11
• Too sentimental — 2010-02-16
• Too sentimental — 2008-03-19
• Mawkish — 2003-05-11
• Maudlin — 1999-02-18
• Overly sentimental — 1997-10-10
• Mawkish — 1997-09-07
• Mawkish — 1996-02-05