Historical clue formulations

• Instants — 2026-08-30
• Brief periods of time — 2026-03-04
• Flashes — 2024-12-01
• Brief periods of time — 2021-09-22
• Brief moments — 2020-01-21
• Jiffies — 2019-10-10
• Ticks — 2019-01-26
• Brief moments, briefly — 2018-03-12
• Instants — 2017-10-15
• Stopwatch ticks: Abbr. — 2017-06-10
• Brief moments — 2016-09-23
• Instants — 2014-04-20
• Jiffies — 2014-02-26
• They're often ticked off: Abbr. — 2013-04-19
• Ticks, say: Abbr. — 2009-08-20
• Moments, in brief — 2008-08-04
• Brief moments — 2007-07-04
• Jiffs — 2005-05-26
• Fractions of a deg. — 2005-03-31
• Small ticks? — 2005-01-22
• What some watches display: Abbr. — 2004-01-02
• Parts of mins. — 2003-09-29
• Winks — 2002-01-02
• Moments — 2000-12-30
• Jiffs — 2000-08-27
• Parts of a min. — 2000-05-22
• Parts of a min. — 1999-07-12
• Brief moments? — 1999-02-04
• Brief moments — 1998-10-16
• Parts of a 95-Across — 1998-10-11
• Min. components — 1998-05-18
• Jiffs — 1998-04-12
• Moments, informally — 1998-01-28
• Moments — 1996-11-15
• Brief moments — 1996-05-26
• Jiffies — 1995-09-04
• Parts of mins. — 1995-06-20
• Short spans — 1995-05-21
• Slangy instants — 1994-09-08