Historical clue formulations

• Exam marks — 2026-01-25
• Indications of passing time — 2025-05-16
• Mean little suckers? — 2025-02-16
• Watch sounds — 2021-06-29
• There are 60 in a minute — 2015-07-17
• Soundtrack to many a bomb-defusing scene — 2013-08-31
• Indication of time passing — 2008-09-27
• Seconds on a watch — 2006-01-29
• Sounds of time passing — 1997-09-07
• Tees (off) — 1996-09-22