Historical clue formulations

• Do some laps — 2026-07-09
• Do the backstroke or breaststroke — 2025-09-22
• Session at the pool — 2025-06-03
• Do some strokes — 2025-02-04
• Compete in a freestyle, e.g. — 2024-02-16
• Get in the ___ — 2022-07-16
• Do the breaststroke, e.g. — 2022-03-14
• Get in the ___ — 2022-03-11
• Compete in a Summer Olympics event — 2021-07-22
• Start a triathlon — 2019-12-29
• Do the butterfly, e.g. — 2019-11-26
• 1960s fad dance, with "the" — 2019-03-23
• You might go for one at the beach — 2017-04-27
• Do laps in a pool — 2017-04-24
• Do the breaststroke, e.g. — 2017-02-27
• Exercise at the Y, maybe — 2016-11-04
• Thick of things, in a manner of speaking — 2016-09-16
• Do the breaststroke, say — 2016-04-26
• Travel like a ray — 2016-01-02
• Triathlon start — 2014-06-04
• Do the crawl, say — 2012-07-24
• Make some waves — 2012-03-04
• 1960s dance, with "the" — 2011-01-16
• Dip — 2008-07-06
• Sink's alternative — 2005-09-26
• Go up the creek without a paddle? — 2005-05-20
• Do laps — 2003-11-27
• Go down a lane, maybe — 2003-08-15
• Do laps, perhaps — 2001-09-22
• Do the crawl — 2000-04-25
• Pool exercise — 2000-02-14
• Triathlon leg — 2000-02-08
• Enjoy the pool — 1999-12-05
• Thick of things — 1998-10-04
• Sidestroke, e.g. — 1998-04-20
• Dog-paddle, say — 1998-01-05
• Crawl, e.g. — 1996-04-25
• 60's dance — 1996-02-17
• Sink's alternative — 1995-11-30