Historical clue formulations

• Not follow the path — 2026-03-24
• Go way off — 2026-03-21
• Wander from the group — 2025-05-05
• Cheat, so to speak — 2024-09-15
• Many a pet shelter pet, at one point — 2023-04-24
• Wander off — 2019-10-28
• Go afield — 2019-10-25
• Potential rescue — 2019-09-20
• Part of a pound? — 2018-02-16
• Drift — 2018-01-05
• Good candidate for adoption — 2017-03-23
• Back-alley cat, e.g. — 2015-12-08
• Animal shelter animal — 2015-01-01
• Potential pet — 2012-03-25
• Veer off the beaten path — 2012-01-23
• Homeless animal — 2007-10-24
• Many a cat lover's acquisition — 2006-10-26
• Shepherd's concern — 2006-04-23
• Leave the straight and narrow — 2006-01-15
• Leave the straight and narrow — 2005-11-07
• Alley cat, perhaps — 2005-04-05
• Leave the flock — 2004-09-29
• Not stay on the path — 2004-05-10
• Drift — 2003-05-08
• One may be impounded — 2002-10-03
• Leave the herd — 2002-09-10
• Sin — 2002-04-12
• Range — 2002-02-23
• Dogcatcher's catch — 2001-05-15
• Shelter adoptee — 2000-05-09
• It may be rounded up in a roundup — 1999-03-18
• Homeless animal — 1997-01-27
• Err — 1996-05-13
• Get lost — 1996-02-08
• Cowpuncher's worry — 1995-10-27
• Wanderer — 1994-04-22