Historical clue formulations

• Response to "You were snoring all night again" — 2024-11-10
• "___ close?" — 2021-04-15
• "So ___" (words of agreement) — 2019-01-20
• See 39-Across — 2017-10-14
• "What ___ thinking?!" — 2012-07-02
• "Now where ___?" — 2004-01-29
• "Where ___?" — 2002-06-30
• "Now, where ___?" — 2002-03-08
• "Where ___?" (digression closer) — 2001-05-20