Historical clue formulations

• Stuck, with no easy way down — 2024-07-22
• Cornered … or hint to this puzzle's circled squares — 2023-08-01
• High and dry — 2020-11-04
• Stuck — 2017-03-12
• Stuck, with no way to get down — 2013-06-03
• Like some cats in need of rescue — 2013-04-23
• Powerless to progress — 2005-02-05
• Stuck — 2005-01-14
• Stuck — 2004-06-18
• Stuck — 2004-03-07
• Stuck — 2003-07-19
• Trapped — 2001-12-12
• Cornered — 2001-02-23
• Stumped — 1999-03-11
• Untenably positioned — 1997-07-19
• Stuck — 1996-04-12
• Cornered — 1995-09-15