Historical clue formulations

• Poetry competition — 2026-08-10
• Professional wrestler's takedown — 2026-06-30
• Grand ___ (achievement in baseball or tennis) — 2025-12-08
• Dis — 2025-08-09
• Poetry contest — 2024-12-11
• Insult — 2024-05-05
• Major dis — 2024-02-28
• Grand ___ (tennis coup) — 2023-06-05
• Wrestling move — 2023-06-02
• Spoken word competition — 2022-11-26
• Event for poets — 2022-07-07
• Strong pan — 2022-01-09
• Trash — 2021-11-06
• Bang shut — 2021-11-03
• Criticize forcefully — 2021-06-11
• Poetry showdown — 2021-06-01
• Close with a bang — 2020-06-29
• Bad-mouth — 2019-11-14
• Verse-vs.-verse event — 2019-10-09
• Shut loudly — 2019-06-17
• It's symbolized by a star and crescent — 2018-09-06
• Roast — 2018-08-30
• Criticize severely — 2018-05-20
• Poetry competition — 2018-02-19
• Insult — 2018-01-02
• Dis — 2016-09-11
• Body ___ — 2016-08-11
• Big pan? — 2015-06-04
• Tear into — 2015-04-02
• Tear into — 2015-01-31
• Bad-mouth — 2014-03-25
• Dis — 2013-11-14
• With 11-Down, bash — 2012-08-10
• Close with a bang — 2011-11-04
• Dis — 2011-09-18
• Poetry fest — 2011-03-09
• Grand ___ (baseball or bridge feat) — 2011-01-31
• Verbal assault — 2010-12-28
• Close with a bang — 2010-10-11
• Pro wrestling move — 2010-03-30
• Compliment's opposite — 2010-02-12
• Dis — 2008-10-16
• Pan — 2008-10-03
• Criticize — 2008-05-04
• Shut loudly — 2007-04-23
• Poetry contest — 2007-04-19
• Door-closing sound — 2006-07-31
• Not shut quietly — 2005-11-21
• Not close gently — 2005-10-09
• Lambaste — 2005-07-16