Historical clue formulations

• Scorches — 2026-09-26
• Cooks just the outsides of — 2025-11-17
• Gives a grilling — 2024-05-23
• Department store that once sold mail-order houses — 2023-07-01
• Pioneering mail-order company — 2022-08-07
• Department store that once had a noted catalog — 2020-10-26
• Company whose headquarters were the world's tallest building for nearly 25 years — 2020-08-21
• Retail giant with a famous catalog, once — 2020-01-20
• Company that once offered "the Thrift Book of a Nation" — 2019-10-27
• "Where America shops for value," per an old slogan — 2019-04-26
• Department store that once famously put out catalogs — 2018-09-04
• Classic catalog provider — 2018-04-26
• Retail giant since 1886 — 2017-09-15
• Longtime retailer hurt by Amazon — 2017-08-06
• Target competitor — 2016-11-14
• ___, Roebuck and Co. — 2014-01-13
• Company that owns Lands' End — 2012-06-03
• Turns brown quickly — 2011-09-23
• Brands ... or carrier of brands — 2011-01-28
• What to "Come see the softer side of," in a slogan — 2010-09-28
• Roebuck's partner in retailing — 2009-12-07
• Retail giant — 2009-04-05
• Kmart acquisition — 2007-01-05
• Seller of Kenmore appliances — 2006-06-11
• Wal-Mart rival — 2006-01-15
• Retail giant — 2005-09-15
• Treats with a cautery — 2005-03-26
• Old catalog maker — 2005-02-08
• Company with a once-famous catalog — 2003-12-01
• ___ Tower — 2001-04-17
• Macy's competitor — 2001-01-20
• "There's more for your life" sloganeer — 2000-12-30
• Company that launched the Discover card — 2000-11-24
• Anchor store at many malls — 2000-09-19
• ___ Tower — 1999-09-02
• Chicago's ___ Tower — 1999-06-07
• J. C. Penney rival — 1998-12-31
• Roebuck's partner — 1998-12-22
• ___ Tower — 1998-11-21
• Large chain — 1996-12-15
• Chicago's ___ Tower — 1996-10-20
• Erstwhile catalogue — 1996-09-05
• Popular department store — 1995-06-19
• Roebuck's partner — 1994-11-14
• Erstwhile catalogue — 1994-10-23
• Classic name in mail order — 1994-04-23
• Old catalogue issuer — 1993-12-26