Historical clue formulations

• Sharp nail — 2026-09-13
• Grabber — 2026-07-18
• Claw — 2026-06-29
• Sharp fingernail, humorously — 2025-12-04
• Raven claw — 2025-09-10
• Avian claw — 2025-07-03
• It might grab a bite to eat — 2025-05-16
• It's quite gripping — 2025-04-20
• Nature's fishhook, you might say — 2025-01-19
• Raven claw — 2024-08-25
• Eagle's claw — 2024-07-01
• Raptor's claw — 2024-03-04
• Prey snatcher — 2023-12-19
• Sharp point on a kite — 2023-11-18
• Claw — 2022-11-13
• Prey-catching claw — 2022-04-19
• Claw — 2021-04-18
• Claw — 2020-08-04
• Protruding nail — 2019-08-16
• Bird of prey's claw — 2017-12-11
• Hawk's hook — 2017-01-31
• Part of a kite — 2016-06-19
• Fish hook? — 2015-03-26
• Hook on a kite — 2015-03-07
• Part of Tennyson's "crooked hands" — 2012-07-01
• Avian gripper — 2012-01-11
• Branch gripper — 2010-05-12
• Nail on a branch? — 2010-02-17
• Eagle's grasper — 2009-11-16
• Osprey's claw — 2009-09-29
• Kite's clutcher — 2007-12-26
• Curved nail — 2007-06-08
• Gripper — 2006-12-14
• Claw — 2006-03-13
• Clutch performer? — 2005-12-24
• Claw — 2005-11-21
• Picker-upper — 2004-02-22
• Claw — 2003-12-21
• Curved nail — 2003-06-15
• Grabber — 2003-02-07
• Gripper — 2002-09-07
• Limb grabber — 2002-06-06
• Eagle's claw — 2001-11-19
• Claw — 2001-11-01
• Eagle's claw — 2001-10-22
• Picker-upper — 2001-08-10
• It may connect a limb to a branch — 2000-11-05
• Hawk's gripper — 2000-01-11
• Eagle's gripper — 1998-10-13
• Hawk's grabber — 1998-06-15