Historical clue formulations

• "Indeed" — 2026-06-21
• "___ better to have loved and lost ..." — 2026-01-05
• "If it be now, ___ not to come": Hamlet — 2025-12-02
• "Quite so" — 2025-11-28
• Christmas carol contraction — 2025-10-04
• "Deck the Halls" contraction — 2025-09-04
• "___ but a scratch" — 2025-08-17
• "___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift holiday song) — 2025-08-16
• "___ but a scratch" — 2025-04-07
• "___ the season" — 2025-02-25
• Carol contraction — 2024-11-07
• "___ the season!" — 2024-10-29
• "___ the Voice of the Lobster" (Lewis Carroll poem) — 2024-10-09
• "___ the season to be jolly …" — 2024-09-23
• Sonneteer's contraction — 2024-08-06
• Seventh notes on scales — 2024-08-04
• "Bear with him, Brutus; ___ his fashion": Cassius — 2024-07-14
• "Ah yes, yes indeed" — 2024-07-12
• "___ better to have loved and lost ..." — 2024-02-29
• "___ but a scratch" — 2024-01-03
• "Indeed!," quaintly — 2023-11-29
• "___ the season ..." — 2023-11-28
• Taylor Swift's "___ the Damn Season" — 2023-08-20
• Poetic contraction — 2023-06-11
• Contraction in "Deck the Halls" — 2023-01-17
• "___ but a scratch": oft-quoted Monty Python line — 2022-11-27
• "___ but a scratch!" — 2022-10-25
• "Where ignorance is bliss, ___ folly to be wise": Thomas Gray — 2022-09-04
• Quaint confirmation — 2022-06-10
• "___ the season ..." — 2022-05-23
• Scale notes — 2022-05-06
• "___ no sin to cheat the devil": Daniel Defoe — 2022-04-20
• "___ but a scratch!" — 2021-12-15
• "___ but a scratch": Monty Python — 2021-11-28
• Quaint contraction — 2021-11-14
• "___ the season to be jolly" — 2021-11-08
• Contraction that drops an "i" — 2021-09-30
• "Deck the Halls" contraction — 2021-08-15
• First word of the song "Simple Gifts" — 2021-07-01
• "___ but a scratch" — 2021-06-22
• Quaint contraction — 2021-05-09
• "___ destiny unshunnable, like death": "Othello" — 2021-04-23
• "___ the Damn Season" (2020 Taylor Swift song) — 2021-04-20
• Stanza contraction — 2021-04-04
• Carol contraction — 2021-03-20
• "___ but a scratch" (Monty Python quote) — 2021-03-18
• "___ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" (hymn) — 2021-02-28
• Quaint agreement — 2020-12-05
• The season opener? — 2020-10-23
• "___ but a scratch!" — 2020-09-25