Historical clue formulations

• Conductor's reference — 2026-07-18
• Eight more than a dozen — 2025-06-29
• Get on the board — 2025-04-12
• Make a point, say — 2025-03-27
• Make a basket, maybe — 2025-02-27
• Acquire, informally — 2024-12-20
• Get a run or a goal — 2024-01-01
• Number in the Gettysburg Address — 2023-10-03
• Put numbers on the board — 2021-09-01
• Movie music — 2021-03-09
• What two X's make — 2020-12-11
• Make a good point? — 2018-07-08
• Best Original ___ — 2017-10-27
• Hit pay dirt — 2017-03-26
• Get a groove on? — 2016-12-25
• Put points on the board — 2016-11-07
• Something a composer composes — 2016-05-03
• Something to be settled — 2016-01-05
• 20 — 2015-12-08
• 50-50, maybe — 2015-09-12
• Manage to get, informally — 2015-05-26
• Best Original ___ (award for the film with [circled letters]) — 2013-09-24
• XX — 2013-09-12
• Make a point, perhaps — 2013-09-11
• Movie component — 2012-03-16
• Go home, maybe — 2011-08-04
• Make it home safely — 2008-12-07
• Get the point? — 2008-10-30
• Conductor's aid — 2007-07-22
• It might need to be settled — 2007-07-17
• One of four in 80 — 2004-06-03
• Harshly criticize — 2004-01-31
• Come home — 2003-04-30
• Musical arranger's work — 2002-11-26
• 7-6 or love-15 — 2001-12-17
• XX — 1998-10-21
• Noted script? — 1997-10-10
• Accompanying music — 1997-10-01
• XX — 1996-07-07
• Loewe output — 1996-04-07
• Oscar category — 1996-03-08
• Achieve — 1995-10-15
• Go over big — 1995-04-06
• It may be tied — 1995-03-12
• Arrange for orchestra — 1994-11-10
• XX — 1994-08-27