Historical clue formulations

• "If I ___ a Carpenter" — 2026-09-07
• "___ not worthy!" ("Wayne's World" quote) — 2026-06-15
• Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes ___ Watching God" — 2026-03-25
• Common word with or without an apostrophe — 2025-01-26
• "___ Not Gonna Take It" (Twisted Sister hit) — 2024-09-23
• "___ all mad here": Cheshire cat — 2023-08-31
• "What ___ you thinking?" — 2022-12-13
• "… ___ not in Kansas anymore" — 2022-12-06
• "Now, where ___ we?" — 2022-08-01
• "___ saved!" — 2022-07-10
• Lead-in to wolf — 2022-02-02
• "What ___ you thinking?" — 2021-11-23
• "Now ___ even" — 2021-09-03
• "Now, where ___ we?" — 2021-03-16
• Word that may or may not be a contraction — 2020-11-27
• "Now ___ talking!" — 2020-07-17
• "___ #1!" — 2020-02-27
• "___ here!" — 2020-01-12
• "___ sorry ..." — 2019-08-09
• "___ doomed!" — 2019-06-01
• "___ #1!" — 2019-03-05
• Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, ___ Goin Down" — 2018-09-07
• Contraction that's also a past-tense verb — 2018-06-29
• Existed — 2018-05-06
• Are no longer — 2018-02-11
• "The Way We ___" — 2018-02-05
• Used to be — 2017-08-22
• "As you ___" — 2016-12-05
• "___ live!" — 2016-07-08
• "___ #1!" — 2015-09-09
• "___ back" — 2015-06-17
• "___ even" — 2015-05-31
• Existed — 2014-05-23
• "#1" may follow it — 2014-04-09
• "___ back!" — 2014-03-14
• Used to be — 2014-02-27
• "___ #1!" — 2012-10-28
• "#1" follows it — 2011-11-13
• "While you ___ out ... " — 2011-10-09
• Had been — 2011-07-17
• "___ pregnant!" — 2011-04-26
• "___ #1!" — 2010-02-03
• See 15-Across — 2009-12-30
• "___ here!" — 2009-12-06
• See 3-Down — 2009-06-15
• "___ #1!" — 2008-05-25
• "___ #1!" — 2008-02-07
• 1973 #1 hit "___ an American Band" — 2007-12-11
• "___ in the Money" (1933 hit) — 2007-03-31
• Existed — 2006-08-04