Historical clue formulations

• Author Morrison who is part of the 45-Across — 2026-06-29
• Author Morrison — 2026-04-03
• Nobelist Morrison — 2026-03-26
• R&B's Braxton — 2026-03-07
• Actress Collette with an Emmy and a Golden Globe — 2025-07-04
• First name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature — 2025-05-09
• Literature Nobelist Morrison — 2025-04-18
• Nobel winner Morrison — 2025-04-01
• Woman's name that's an anagram of 58-Down — 2025-02-25
• Tennille of Captain & Tennille — 2024-10-20
• ___ Basil, singer of the 1982 hit "Mickey" — 2024-09-18
• Literature Nobelist Morrison — 2024-02-01
• Singer Braxton or Basil — 2023-10-24
• Morrison with a Presidential Medal of Freedom — 2023-08-29
• "The Bluest Eye" author Morrison — 2023-04-12
• "Beloved" author Morrison — 2022-09-19
• Nobelist Morrison — 2022-08-25
• Literature Nobelist Morrison — 2022-04-12
• Author Morrison — 2022-02-15
• Nobel winner Morrison — 2022-01-07
• Morrison who said "A writer's life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity" — 2021-07-12
• Literature Nobelist Morrison — 2021-05-25
• Nobel laureate Morrison — 2021-03-28
• Singer Watson, a.k.a. Tones and I, with the 2019 hit "Dance Monkey" — 2021-01-24
• Nobel winner Morrison — 2020-09-20
• Morrison who wrote "Beloved" — 2020-09-14
• Nobel laureate Morrison — 2020-08-30
• First name of the most-selected author in Oprah's Book Club — 2020-06-05
• Nobel and Pulitzer winner Morrison — 2020-03-29
• Novelist Morrison — 2019-07-09
• ___ Kukoc, 6'11" N.B.A. star of 1993-2006 — 2019-04-26
• Author Morrison — 2019-04-08
• Writer Morrison — 2018-06-19
• Morrison who wrote "Beloved" — 2018-05-01
• Collette of "United States of Tara" — 2017-09-09
• "Beloved" author Morrison — 2017-08-07
• Literature Nobelist Morrison — 2017-03-29
• Writer Morrison — 2017-02-15
• Singer Tennille — 2017-01-04
• Braxton with seven Grammys — 2016-07-26
• Tennille of pop music's Captain & Tennille — 2016-01-18
• Author Morrison — 2015-07-16
• "Beloved" author Morrison — 2015-02-18
• Tennille of tunes — 2014-10-05
• Collette of "United States of Tara" — 2014-05-04
• "Mickey" vocalist ___ Basil — 2013-08-07
• Novelist Morrison — 2012-11-14
• "Mickey" singer Basil — 2012-01-21
• Lydman of the N.H.L. — 2010-08-27
• Literature Nobelist Morrison — 2010-03-10