Historical clue formulations

• Teacher's summons — 2026-07-19
• Note on a failed test, maybe — 2025-01-06
• Note by a poor grade — 2024-08-14
• Ominous words on a flunked test — 2024-04-02
• Teacher's directive — 2023-08-04
• Worrisome note to get from a boss — 2023-05-29
• F words? — 2023-04-29
• Curt summons — 2022-10-02
• Dreaded words from a teacher — 2022-03-25
• Directive to talk — 2021-12-17
• Ominous note from a boss — 2021-11-29
• Worrisome directive from a boss — 2021-08-09
• Teacher's note accompanying a bad grade, maybe — 2021-01-04
• Question from someone waving across a crowded room — 2020-05-23
• "___ after class" — 2019-12-31
• Terse summons — 2019-09-29
• Teacher's note that makes one go [gulp] — 2019-07-23
• Note below F, perhaps? — 2019-07-11
• Note from a 6-Down that might give you jitters — 2019-07-09
• F note? — 2017-12-15
• Dreaded comment on a returned exam — 2017-03-12
• Repeated lyric in the Who's "Tommy" — 2017-03-11
• Words written by a teacher on a failed test, perhaps — 2016-03-07
• Dreaded classroom note — 2016-02-20
• Dreaded message on a returned 32-Down — 2014-04-26
• Message sometimes written below "F" — 2014-03-22
• "F" accompanier, perhaps — 2013-09-12
• "Come up and ___ sometime" — 2013-07-29
• "If only you could ___ now" — 2013-06-16
• Note accompanying an F, maybe — 2013-05-07
• Curt summons — 2012-12-18
• Curt summons — 2012-09-17
• Teacher's note on a failing test — 2012-08-09
• Boss's directive — 2012-06-09
• Terse note from the boss — 2012-03-20
• Terse note from the boss — 2011-11-28
• Curt summons — 2010-01-23
• Words written on some test papers — 2009-05-23
• Request to meet in person — 2007-10-03
• Teacher's summons — 2006-04-20
• Request on a memo from the boss — 2005-10-06
• Teacher's note on a test — 2005-09-25
• Teacher's summons — 2005-08-11
• Terse note from a boss — 2005-05-23
• Terse summons — 2005-04-13
• "If they could ___ now …" — 2005-04-11
• Summons from the boss — 2004-07-11
• Terse summons — 2002-06-07
• Brief summons — 2002-01-18
• "If You Could ___ Now" — 2001-05-29