Historical clue formulations

• Outperforms — 2026-04-17
• Bests — 2026-03-17
• At most — 2025-04-09
• Toys that spin — 2025-03-04
• At most — 2024-08-18
• First-rate — 2024-04-21
• With the giant letter formed by the black squares immediately above this answer, what the answers to the starred clues all literally have — 2023-11-07
• A-number-one — 2023-05-17
• The cat's pajamas — 2023-03-25
• Absolutely no more than that — 2022-07-15
• You might take them out for a spin — 2022-03-27
• Dreidels, e.g. — 2020-12-16
• At most — 2020-10-28
• Shirts and blouses — 2020-07-22
• One-ups — 2019-12-05
• At the most — 2018-04-15
• "... max" — 2018-01-12
• A-1 — 2017-07-19
• Twirlers — 2015-09-20
• Max — 2015-07-31
• A-number-one — 2009-11-11
• Maximally — 2007-11-30
• Spinning toys — 2005-11-14
• Trumps — 2005-08-03
• Shirts and blouses — 2004-08-03
• Blouses and sweaters — 2004-01-07
• Maximally — 2003-10-19
• The best — 2003-05-31
• At most — 2003-05-23
• The best — 2002-04-25
• Outstanding — 2002-01-27
• First-rate — 2001-03-04
• Super-duper — 2000-01-23
• Spinning toys — 1999-05-04
• First-rate — 1998-03-06
• The best — 1997-12-28
• Spinners — 1997-10-01
• A-one — 1995-03-29
• Take these out for a spin — 1995-02-13
• First-rate — 1994-01-05