Historical clue formulations

• Unnamed article — 2026-07-23
• Svelte — 2026-03-25
• Like wafers — 2024-08-21
• Attenuated — 2024-03-10
• Paper-___ — 2023-12-12
• Flimsy — 2023-11-26
• Slender — 2023-09-25
• Slender — 2023-09-11
• Like an unconvincing argument, say — 2023-08-26
• Water down, say — 2023-04-23
• Watery — 2022-06-08
• Watery or papery — 2022-04-12
• Narrow — 2022-03-14
• Like Girl Scout "Mints" — 2021-06-21
• Weak, as a case — 2021-05-30
• Become less dense, with "out" — 2018-12-25
• Flimsy — 2018-07-25
• Add water to, say — 2017-10-21
• Attenuated — 2017-09-22
• See 54-Across — 2017-09-14
• Slender — 2016-03-14
• Attenuated — 2015-12-11
• Slender — 2015-07-28
• Like dangerous ice — 2014-06-25
• Slender — 2014-03-11
• Skin-and-bones — 2013-06-26
• Flimsy, as an excuse — 2013-06-16
• Watery — 2013-04-28
• Gracile — 2013-03-30
• Skinny — 2011-02-21
• Weak, as a plot — 2010-01-03
• ___ as a rail — 2009-04-28
• Not safe to skate on, say — 2007-12-02
• Dilute — 2006-10-18
• Skinny — 2006-09-25
• Lacking volume — 2005-07-29
• Underweight — 2005-05-05
• Slender — 2004-06-14
• Dilute — 2003-04-10
• Weak — 2003-03-23
• Waiflike — 2002-05-13
• Svelte — 2002-03-20
• Like a beanpole — 2002-03-13
• Waiflike — 2002-02-18
• Watered down — 2001-09-09
• Like India paper — 2001-03-23
• Slicing request — 2000-09-24
• Hairline — 1998-10-16
• Dilute — 1998-08-05
• Waiflike — 1998-07-07