Historical clue formulations

• Go ___ (fail) — 2026-08-16
• Direction when things go bad — 2025-07-22
• ___ Sudan (U.N. member since 2011) — 2021-09-08
• Dixie, with "the" — 2016-11-09
• 6:00 on a compass — 2015-09-08
• New U.N. member of 2011 — 2014-10-09
• One side in a 19th-century war, with "the" — 2013-05-12
• Deep place? — 2005-03-25
• Bear market direction — 2003-07-16
• Lee side — 2002-11-27
• Pole position? — 2002-07-30
• See 48-Across — 2001-07-07
• With 54-Across, where India is — 2000-12-15
• Where birds fly in the fall — 2000-09-05
• Bygone voting bloc, with "the" — 2000-01-06
• Needle point — 1999-06-04
• Downward, in a way — 1998-02-27
• Contract winner in the paper — 1994-04-02