Historical clue formulations

• Drenched — 2025-11-22
• Dripping — 2020-11-04
• Dripping — 2017-02-12
• Having gone through a flood, say — 2005-10-30
• Soaking wet — 2005-04-06
• Soaked — 1998-08-02
• Soaked — 1996-08-10