Historical clue formulations

• Like the proverbial bug in a rug — 2026-02-02
• Like close-fitting clothes — 2026-01-25
• Fitting a little tight — 2024-02-18
• Comfy — 2023-05-21
• Tight — 2023-03-25
• Like a bug in a rug — 2023-02-07
• Cozy — 2022-12-19
• Like a sweater that shrank in the dryer, maybe — 2022-07-10
• All tucked in — 2022-05-01
• Tight-fitting — 2021-08-22
• Close-fitting — 2020-11-26
• Comfy-cozy — 2020-06-28
• Very close — 2019-09-06
• Warm and cozy — 2018-09-11
• Close and comfortable — 2018-05-05
• Tucked in, say — 2018-03-29
• Cozy — 2017-08-27
• Close-fitting — 2016-10-17
• Cozy — 2016-06-05
• Figure-hugging — 2015-12-04
• Close-fitting — 2015-07-14
• Tight — 2014-03-23
• "The children were nestled all ___ in their beds" — 2012-12-04
• Tight — 2012-07-22
• Cozy — 2012-02-05
• Like a bug in a rug — 2011-01-04
• Comfy-cozy — 2010-08-26
• Cozy — 2010-08-18
• Far from baggy — 2009-03-21
• Like a bug in a rug, according to an expression — 2008-12-15
• See 21-Down — 2008-11-08
• Cozy — 2007-11-22
• Form-fitting — 2003-11-09
• Tight, as a fit — 2003-09-15
• Like tights — 2003-05-28
• Pleasantly small — 2003-03-09
• Like a bug in a rug — 2003-02-03
• Tight — 2001-10-14
• Cozy — 2000-08-09
• Like a bug in a rug — 1999-11-23
• Not quite tight — 1998-12-12
• Tightfitting — 1997-06-14
• Tightfitting — 1995-06-27
• Comfy — 1995-01-27