Historical clue formulations

• Modern-day name for the American Messenger Co. — 2026-09-02
• Vertical jumping ability, in basketball lingo — 2026-08-10
• Good periods — 2026-05-14
• ___ and downs — 2025-10-27
• Positive swings — 2025-10-08
• FedEx rival — 2025-02-24
• Co. that may have a package deal? — 2025-01-12
• Sending help? — 2024-12-18
• High times — 2024-10-25
• Boom times — 2024-09-28
• Delivery co. with a brown-and-yellow logo — 2024-07-01
• FedEx competitor — 2024-06-19
• DHL competitor — 2024-05-19
• FedEx rival — 2024-05-08
• Boom times — 2023-09-13
• Higher-___ (superiors) — 2023-09-04
• Big ___ (props) — 2023-08-27
• ___ and downs — 2023-07-18
• Shipping option — 2023-04-30
• Co. famous for its trucks — 2023-04-21
• Boom times — 2022-03-17
• ___ and downs — 2022-01-17
• FedEx competitor — 2022-01-16
• Boosts — 2021-09-25
• Emotional highs — 2021-05-12
• Happy states — 2021-03-25
• Big ___ (praise, slangily) — 2021-03-24
• Co. with brown trucks — 2020-12-13
• FedEx rival — 2020-07-02
• Big box co. — 2020-05-07
• Santa's helper? — 2020-03-25
• The American Messenger Co., today — 2019-11-23
• High times — 2019-11-08
• Co. with brown trucks — 2019-10-22
• Increases — 2019-10-06
• Big ___ (praise, slangily) — 2019-04-21
• Co. with brown trucks — 2018-12-18
• Raises — 2018-01-29
• Paradoxical answer to appear among the Downs in a crossword — 2017-10-21
• The ___ Store — 2017-07-22
• FedEx rival — 2017-03-27
• Alternative to FedEx — 2017-03-06
• Chin-___ — 2017-02-10
• The American Messenger Co., today — 2016-06-24
• Co. nicknamed "Brown" — 2015-08-06
• FedEx alternative — 2015-06-01
• Boosts — 2014-10-12
• Co. with brown trucks — 2013-04-23
• Brown letters? — 2013-01-18
• Peak periods — 2012-12-15