Historical clue formulations

• Part of a black suit — 2026-09-09
• Ditch digger — 2026-01-03
• It might turn up a turnip — 2025-05-09
• Garden tool — 2025-05-08
• Fashion designer Kate — 2024-11-05
• One in a black suit — 2023-12-28
• What often has a heart beat? — 2023-09-07
• One in a black suit — 2023-08-06
• Ground-breaker — 2023-03-29
• Ground-breaking tool — 2022-02-27
• Hole-digging tool — 2020-11-23
• Hole maker — 2020-10-24
• Heart topper, in bridge — 2019-12-08
• Garden tool — 2019-07-30
• Aid for making a sand castle — 2019-05-23
• Powerful queen, in hearts — 2019-05-12
• Heart beater, in bridge — 2018-11-14
• One in a black suit — 2018-08-22
• Hole digger's tool — 2018-07-30
• Ground breaker — 2017-07-30
• Example of 47- and of 83-Across — 2017-06-11
• Figure in a dark suit — 2016-07-29
• Garden shovel — 2016-04-18
• Club alternative — 2014-07-08
• Bogart role — 2014-03-07
• Digging tool — 2014-01-27
• Trench maker's tool — 2013-12-18
• Jack that's one-eyed and lacks a heart — 2012-09-18
• One in a black suit — 2012-08-10
• Garden tool — 2012-05-09
• One in a black suit — 2012-03-27
• One in a dark suit — 2011-12-17
• One may take your heart — 2011-09-09
• Diamond alternative — 2010-11-16
• Digging tool — 2010-04-26
• Heart beater in bridge bidding — 2008-11-25
• Black card — 2008-03-10
• Digging tool — 2007-03-05
• Gardener's tool — 2006-03-22
• Ditchdigger's tool — 2005-03-07
• Ditch digger's tool — 2004-12-20
• Part of a black suit — 2003-08-10
• One in a suit — 2003-07-16
• Suit part — 2003-04-06
• Hammett sleuth — 2003-02-11
• Deck figure — 2002-10-11
• Gardener's need — 2002-07-30
• Bogart's sleuth — 2001-09-04
• One in a black suit — 2001-04-17
• Digger — 2000-12-21